Definition for dead load - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	dead load (dead load) noun the intrinsic weight of a structure or vehicle, excluding the weight of passengers or goods: a jacking operation to transfer 4000 t of the tower’s 6000 t dead load to underlying chalk bedrockOften contrasted with live load.		More words in this category aqueduct blacktop building site canalize construct cranage dewater drop test EP extensometer hardened infill macadam radius reticulation settling time spray-dry steamroller tarmac tumble Nearby Words dead duck dead end dead hand dead heat dead language dead leg dead letter dead letter box dead lift dead load dead loss dead man dead man's fingers dead man's handle dead march dead reckoning Dead Sea Dead Sea scrolls dead shot