nonbearing

1. 1.

   (of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own

   “they took out a nonbearing wall”

   Antonymsbearing

Questions about nonbearing

What does nonbearing mean?

nonbearing means "(of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own".

How many syllables are in nonbearing?

nonbearing has 4 syllables: non-be-a-ring. The stress falls on "be".

What is the opposite of nonbearing?

The recorded antonyms are bearing.

Is nonbearing a common word?

nonbearing is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.