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loadbearing

loadbearing is the alternative form of load-bearing.

Meaning of load-bearing

Adjective

load-bearing (not comparable)

  1. 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
  2. (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

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Questions about loadbearing

What is loadbearing the alternative form of?
Loadbearing is the alternative form of load-bearing.

Words near loadbearing in the dictionary

  1. loadabilities
  2. loadability
  3. loadable
  4. loadage
  5. loadages
  6. loadbearing
  7. loadcast
  8. loadcasts
  9. loadcell
  10. loadcells
  11. loaded

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