n
(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
v
(intransitive) To form an electrical arc.
n
The piece of card used as backing for the clear plastic bubble that contains a packaged toy.
adj
(in combination) Having specified type of back.
v
(transitive) To barricade with bars.
adj
Prevented, either by a physical barrier or by conditions.
adj
Obsolete form of barricadoed. [Obstructed, closed, or defended by a barricade; barricaded.]
adj
Obstructed, closed, or defended by a barricade; barricaded.
n
(idiomatic) Strict secretiveness maintained by the members of a police force with respect to information which might be contrary to their interests, especially information concerning questionable police actions.
n
(architecture) A brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
v
(transitive) To build in the form of a vault; to arch over.
v
to throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone
n
The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
n
Construction works, such as scaffolding, to facilitate the erection of the main work.
n
(engineering) Scaffolding, a temporary frame serving to support and brace a building under construction until it can stand alone.
v
(transitive) To cover or furnish with a floor.
adj
Having a gate or other restricted access.
n
(Internet) A paywall that hides all content from unregistered or nonpaying users.
adj
Raised above the floor, so as to allow for storage etc. underneath.
v
(transitive) To fit (a building or other place) with a mezzanine floor.
n
A piece of promotional material that is placed on the outside of a product.
v
(transitive, oyster culture) To enclose in a park, or partially enclosed basin.
adj
(Internet) Having a paywall; requiring payment for access.
v
(transitive) To create a plat; to lay out property lots and streets; to map.
v
To obstruct with, or as with, a portcullis; to shut; to bar.
v
(transitive) To reinforce with bars of this kind.
n
(military, dated) A defensive work constructed within a fortification to make it more defensible by allowing defenders to retreat into and fight from it even after the enemy has taken the outer work.
n
Similar supporting material used for construction work, or in film, theater, etc.
v
(transitive) To construct a barrier of sandbags around.
n
(UK, construction) A label affixed to scaffolding to certify that it has been erected correctly and is safe to use.
n
(uncommon, dated or dialectal) scaffolding
n
A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
n
The amount of scaffolding needed, or supplied for a specific installation.
n
A person who erects and dismantles scaffolding.
adj
(informal) Of a building or a wall: covered in or looking like a scaffold.
n
(architecture) A frame that provides support to a building or other construction.
n
A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.
n
(obsolete) A post; prop; support
v
(transitive) To form something into the shape of a steeple.
n
(sculpture) A backing pole used to reinforce and stabilize vertically-oriented sculptures.
n
(sciences) A scaffold that binds other scaffolds.
adj
(of an arch) having its height less than half of its span
n
The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
adj
(informal, of a space) Full, crowded.
adj
Pertaining to something which has been placed into a wall, i.e., immured.
v
(intransitive) To stand shyly apart from a dance, waiting to be asked to join in.
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