load-bearing

load-bearing adjective: able to support a load.

Adjective

load-bearing (not comparable)

Able to support a load.
- The different forms of partitions that are not load-bearing will be considered under "Fireproofing."1908, Frederick E. Turneaure, Editor-in-Chief, Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering
- The reactor units each called for a circular pit over 300ft. in diameter, excavated to a depth of 20ft. to reach a suitable load-bearing stratum.1958, Australian Atomic Energy Commission, Australian Atomic Energy Symposium, 1958: Proceedings of a Symposium on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy in Australia
(figuratively) Of a physical, digital, procedural etc. component, necessary to the integrity of the system of which it forms a part.
- The number keeps going up, which has a buoying effect on markets that is, in the short term, good. But every good earnings report further entrenches Nvidia as a precariously placed, load-bearing piece of the global economy.2025 October 30, Matteo Wong, Charlie Warzel, “Here’s How the AI Crash Happens”, in The Atlantic

load-bearing (uncountable)

The carrying of loads.
- The porters, who stand in knots with cords upon their shoulders, bear huge loads; a characteristic of the place is this load-bearing and the size of the burdens.1904, Morley Roberts, A Tramp's Note-book
- Since we do not need walls for load-bearing, the storage walls do not have to have any special thickness.1955, National Research Council (U.S.) Building Research Institute, Modular Measure: The Edited Papers and Discussions of a Research Correlation Conference Entitled Modular Coordination: Its Value in...

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Alternating sandstone and limestone (the limestone being used in façades exposed to the winter rains or in more load-bearing areas) created a most pleasing decorative effect.2001, Akram F. Khater, Inventing Home: Emigration, Gender, and the Middle Class in Lebanon, 1870-1920:
It was in baptism (and in consequence in penance) that the theologically most load-bearing aspects of the liturgical life of the Church were concentrated.2004, G. R. Evans, The First Christian Theologians, an Introduction to Theology in the Early Church:
A common degenerative joint disease that involves synovial joints only with recurrent or abnormal load-bearing on normal cartilage or normal load-bearing on weakened cartilage, or both.2006, David Lowe, Surgical Pathology Revision:

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What does load-bearing mean?: Load-bearing means able to support a load.
What is load-bearing in Hindi?: Load-bearing in Hindi is धुरंधर (dhurandhar). See Load-bearing meaning in Hindi.
How do you use load-bearing in a sentence?: For quotations using this term, see Citations:load-bearing.
What part of speech is load-bearing?: Load-bearing can be an adjective or a noun.

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