Definition of Nonbearing

1. Adjective. (of a structural member) supporting no vertical weight other than its own. "They took out a nonbearing wall"

Antonyms: Bearing

Definition of Nonbearing

1. Adjective. Not bearing (fruit, a load, etc.). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nonbearing

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonbearing

nonbaryonic
nonbasal
nonbasalt
nonbasaltic
nonbaseball
nonbaseline
nonbasic
nonbasilectal
nonbasketball
nonbattered
nonbattery
nonbattle
nonbauxite
nonbeach
nonbearing (current term)
nonbeautiful
nonbeauty
nonbedside
nonbeer
nonbehavioral
nonbehavioural
nonbeing
nonbeings
nonbelief
nonbeliefs
nonbeliever
nonbelievers
nonbelieving
nonbellicose

Literary usage of Nonbearing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biennial Report by Kansas State Horticultural Society, British Soviet Friendship Society (1922)
"In 1910 the nonbearing trees or young trees in the United States numbered ... Summarizing, we find the total bearing and nonbearing trees combined in the ..."

2. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1921)
"THE PRUNE By Robert C. Paulus The statistics compiled by the assessors for the year 1920 showed a considerably larger acreage of both bearing and nonbearing ..."

3. Building Code by Industrial Commission of Wisconsin (1915)
"... may be used for outside walls and inside bearing walls, as well as for nonbearing partitions. Such blocks (except for nonbearing partitions) shall ..."

4. Building Code: State of Wisconsin. Rev. 1918 by Industrial Commission of Wisconsin (1918)
"Such blocks (except for nonbearing partitions) shall have an ultimate compressive strength of not less than 700 pounds ..."

5. Reconnoissance Soil Survey of the Middle San Joaquin Valley, California by L. C. Holmes, United States Bureau of Soils (1919)
"The State Commission of Horticulture reports 1788 acres of bearing orange trees in Fresno County and 19750 acres of bearing and 22550 acres of nonbearing ..."

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