The Collaborative International Dictionary
load-bearing \load-bearing\ adj. (Arch.) Supporting a load[10] from parts of a structure above; as, a load-bearing wall. [prenominal]
Syn: supporting(prenominal).
Wiktionary
a. (context chiefly construction and civil engineering English) able to support a load. alt. (context chiefly construction and civil engineering English) able to support a load. n. The carrying of loads.
WordNet
adj. capable of bearing a structural load; "a supporting wall" [syn: load-bearing(a), supporting(a)]
Usage examples of "load-bearing".
No pitons full of microchips, which could have performed ultrasound tomography of the cliff face and computed their own load-bearing capacity.
We didn't think that was a load-bearing wall, but it might turn out to be after all.
The imminent danger of collapse had passed, unless she could help the process along by knocking out a load-bearing wall.
There was movement across the courtyard as I reached the vertical extension of the load-bearing wall that separated the West Wing from the banquet hall.
It was a big risk, but the interrogation rooms were close enough to the central section's main load-bearing wall that he thought we'd be safe.
The load-bearing and superconducting cables, along with the elements of the drive ladder, were being extruded as a single complex unit.
That's so the load-bearing wall can run right down the middle of the house and hold the floor joists for the second story.
The tibia still has some incomplete regeneration about the medullary cavity but appears quite adequate for normal load-bearing function.
The rest of the system consists of a linear synchronous motor attached to the load-bearing cable.