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shearwalls

shearwalls is the plural of shearwall.

Meaning of shearwall

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

Questions about shearwalls

What is shearwalls the plural of?
Shearwalls is the plural of shearwall.

Words near shearwalls in the dictionary

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

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