Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bearing_wall

1 sense of bearing wall

Sense 1
bearing wall -- (any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building)
       => wall -- (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures")
       => support -- (any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf")