weight-bearingadjective
uk/ˈweɪtˌbeə.rɪŋ/us/ˈweɪtˌber.ɪŋ/supporting the weight of your body or a building:
weight-bearing joints such as the knees
Weight-bearing exercise is very good for the bones.
a weight-bearing wall
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Physical supports and supporting
- backbone
- bearing
- bolster
- bookend
- buoy
- burden
- buttress
- cantilever
- groan
- pile
- pillar
- rafter
- runner
- scaffold
- scaffolding
- shore
- shore sth up
- skid
- stem
- stilt
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