Usually means: Not supporting any structural weight.
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  1. nonbearing: Merriam-Webster
  2. nonbearing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. nonbearing: Vocabulary.com
  4. nonbearing: Wordnik
  5. nonbearing: Wiktionary
  6. nonbearing: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. nonbearing: Dictionary.com
  8. nonbearing: Rhymezone
  9. nonbearing: FreeDictionary.org
  10. nonbearing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. nonbearing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nonbearing)

▸ adjective:  Not bearing (fruit, a load, etc.).

Similar:
dividing, unbearing, noncarrying, nonfruiting, barren, unfruiting, non-weightbearing, nonweightbearing, nonweight-bearing, unfruitful, more...

Opposite:
bearing, productive, fruitful, fecund, generative

Phrases:
nonbearing wall, nonbearing partition, more...

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Similar:
dividing, unbearing, noncarrying, nonfruiting, barren, unfruiting, non-weightbearing, nonweightbearing, nonweight-bearing, unfruitful, more...

Opposite:
bearing, productive, fruitful, fecund, generative

Phrases:
nonbearing wall, nonbearing partition, more...



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