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shearwall

shearwall noun: an element of a wall that resists lateral shear on a building.

Noun

shearwall (plural shearwalls)

  1. An element of a wall that resists lateral shear on a building
    • Lake Point Tower, world's tallest apartment building, concrete shearwall.1988 January 22, Robert B. Johnson, “Great Moments in Structural Engineering”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of shearwall

pluralshearwalls

Origin of shearwall

From shear + wall.

Questions about shearwall

What does shearwall mean?
Shearwall means an element of a wall that resists lateral shear on a building.
What part of speech is shearwall?
Shearwall is a noun.
What is the plural of shearwall?
The plural of shearwall is shearwalls.

Words near shearwall in the dictionary

  1. shearsmen
  2. shearsmith
  3. shearsmiths
  4. sheartail
  5. sheartails
  6. shearwall
  7. shearwalls
  8. shearwater
  9. shearwaters
  10. shearwave
  11. shearwaves

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