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load-bearing
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective load-bearing has 1 sense
- load-bearing(s = adj.all) supporting - capable of bearing a structural load; "a supporting wall"
CIDE DICTIONARY
load-bearing, adj.
Supporting a load{10} from parts of a structure above; as, a load-bearing wall. [WordNet 1.5]
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