NONBEARING

nonbearing

(adjective) (of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own; “they took out a nonbearing wall”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

nonbearing (not comparable)

Not bearing (fruit, a load, etc.).

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

17 November 2024

MONASTICISM

(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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