Dead load - How To Discuss

■■■■ load,

Definition of ■■■■ load:

1. The intrinsic weight of a structure or vehicle, excluding the weight of passengers or goods.

2. Weight of a structure (such as a bridge or building) itself. See also live load.

How to use ■■■■ load in a sentence?

1. You need to know what sort of weight a ■■■■ load can hold before you bring to much across it.
2. There was a lot of ■■■■ load there and I knew that if it was any heavier, then it would probably fall over.
3. Highways are built to withstand millions of tons of pressure, but the ■■■■ load of thousands of trucks everyday quickly wears down the pavement.
4. A jacking operation to transfer 4000 t of the towers 6000 t ■■■■ load to underlying chalk bedrock.