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 and divides as non-be-a-ring under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.