This page gathers the 510 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Construction”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 3 of 5: from “glaze coat” to “peel strength”.
- glaze coat noun a thin protective coating of bitumen applied to the lower plies or top ply of a roof membrane when application of additional felts or…
- glazed adj Having glass in the windows.
- glue strip noun A narrow band or line of adhesive applied along the edge of a workpiece to bond it to another piece.
- grafting noun A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
- green-gray adj Of infrastructure: combining natural systems with traditional engineering.
- groundwater level noun The level, at a particular site, below which the subsoil and rock masses of the earth are fully saturated with water.
- gunner noun A riveter; someone who operates a rivet gun.
- gusset noun A large flat metal piece wider than the valley to help prevent build-up at the base of the valley, either from debris or ice dam formations.
- gyprock verb To drywall.
- hacking noun The separation of a course of stones into two smaller courses, when there are not enough large stones to form a single course.
- half-bat noun A bat (brick with one whole end) that is exactly half the length of the original brick.
- head noun The larger-diameter end of an unused rivet, properly the factory head or ambiguously the shop head, as opposed to the bucktail which is…
- header noun A brick that is laid sideways (on its largest face), for example at the top of a wall or within the brickwork, with its smallest side…
- heading noun The end of a stone or brick which is presented outward.
- heart verb To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
- heart bond noun A bond in which no header stone stretches across the wall, but two headers meet in the middle, and their joint is covered by another stone…
- heartbond noun A bond in a stone wall in which two headers meet in the middle of a wall and another header covers the joint between them.
- heavy equipment noun Any of a diverse class of large machines used in construction and mining for earthmoving tasks (e.g., digging, grading), logging, and other…
- heavy machinery noun Industrial machinery specially designed to execute construction tasks, most frequently involving earthwork operations.
- heel noun The short side of an angled cut.
- heelpost noun The post to which a gate or door is hinged.
- hoarding noun A temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public.
- holder-up noun A bucker; one who bucks rivets, typically holding a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of a rivet (heated if necessary till it is…
- horn noun A curved projection on the fore part of a plane.
- hot patch noun A repair for cracks and potholes in a paved surface involving filling them with hot, molten asphalt concrete.
- hydration noun The chemical reaction by which a substance (such as cement) combines with water, giving off heat to form a crystalline structure in its…
- hydrostatic pressure relief system noun A system of drains and moisture barriers used to regulate the hydrostatic pressure in the earth surrounding a below-grade structure.
- ice dam noun A mass of ice formed at the transition from a warm to a cold roof surface, frequently formed by refreezing meltwater at the overhang of a…
- initial setting time noun Of concrete, the moment in time that cement turns into paste after mixing with water and begins to lose its plasticity.
- injection noun The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
- interdome noun The interstitial space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola.
- interduce noun An intertie.
- interjoist noun The space or interval between two joists.
- interlayment noun a felt, metal, or membrane sheet material used between courses of steep-slope roofing to improve the weather and water-shedding…
- intertie noun In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.
- jamb noun Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.
- jointer noun The largest kind of plane used by a joiner.
- jumpform noun A kind of formwork; a temporary mold, made from planks, into which concrete is poured, in order to create vertical concrete structures that…
- key noun A keystone.
- keyhole noun A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key that fastens them.
- kneecap noun A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent.
- kneepiece noun An angular piece of timber strengthening a joint where two roof timbers meet.
- knockthrough noun Synonym of breakthrough (“the penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow”)
- lag noun Clipping of lag screw.
- laitance noun A weak, milky layer of cement and aggregate fines on a concrete surface that is usually caused by an overwet mixture, overworking the…
- lathe noun A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
- lavatory noun A plumbing fixture used for washing: a sink.
- ledger noun A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.
- list verb To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
- live load noun Temporary load that the roof structure must be designed to support, as required by governing building codes. Live loads are generally…
- load bearing adj Able to support a load.
- lockshield noun A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
- long-grain adj Of woodgrain, where the grain runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the piece of wood.
- lookout noun A joist that extends in cantilever out from the exterior wall (or wall plate) of a building, supporting the roof sheathing and providing a…
- low-slope roof noun According to ASTM standard E 1918-97, a roof whose uppermost part is installed at a slope of 2/12 or 1:6 (9.5 degrees) or less.
- mainline noun The pipeline carrying wastewater to the public drains or a septic tank.
- marquetry noun A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.
- mass haul diagram noun A diagram illustrating the amounts of material that will be cut from the terrain and used to fill other areas, for example when building a…
- matchboard noun A type of wooden board that connects with others using a tongue and groove system
- measure twice and cut once proverb One should double-check one's measurements for accuracy before cutting a piece of wood; otherwise it may be necessary to cut again, wasting…
- megatall noun A building approximately between 600 meters and 900 meters tall, (between 2000 feet and 3000 feet tall). A building taller than a supertall.
- menqach noun A specialized, heavy, dual-headed hammer or chisel used by Moroccan artisans (Maâlems) in Fez to hand-cut and bevel the edges of zellige…
- metallic waterproofing noun finely graded iron particles combined with an oxidizing catalyst. When mixed with water (or water, cement and sand), the finely distributed…
- modified bitumen noun A bitumen modified by including one or more polymers
- modular building noun A method where structures are prefabricated in sections, or modules, off-site in a factory setting before being transported and assembled…
- moisture scan noun The use of a mechanical device (capacitance, infrared or nuclear) to detect the presence of moisture within an assembly.
- monolith verb To cast (one or more concrete components) in a single piece with no joints.
- montant noun An upright piece in any framework, such as a muntin or stile.
- mop-and-flop noun an application procedure in which roofing elements (insulation boards, felt plies, cap sheets, etc.) are initially placed upside down…
- mortise noun A hole that is made to receive a tenon so as to form a joint.
- mud noun Wet concrete as it is being mixed, delivered and poured.
- mud slab noun A layer of concrete, typically 2 to 6 inches thick, poured below the structural slab but above a layer of wet or muddy soil.
- nail sick adj Of a house, a roof, or a ship, exhibiting degraded or corroded nails, or otherwise unsound fastenings.
- neatline noun The line on plan to which a structure is to be built, usually ignoring any small irregularities of the building material.
- needle valve noun A type of valve having a small orifice and a needle-like plunger, allowing precise regulation of generally small flow rates.
- negative side waterproofing noun An application wherein the waterproofing system and source of hydrostatic pressure are on opposite sides of the structure.
- nipple noun A short tube threaded at both ends, used as a connector.
- nitrile rubber noun a membrane whose predominant resinous ingredient is a synthetic rubber made by polymerization of acrylonitrile with butadiene.
- nog noun A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork.
- nogging noun A horizontal beam used in the construction of a building, especially to strengthen upright posts.
- nonfriable noun A material that, when dry, cannot be crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder by hand pressure.
- nuclear hydrogen detection meter noun A device that contains a radioactive source to emit high velocity neutrons into a roof system. Reflecting neutrons are measured by a gauge…
- oil-canning noun A moderate deformation or buckling of sheet material, particularly common with flat sheet metal surfaces.
- opalite noun Opal glass, formed into tiles or bricks.
- open assembly time noun The measure of time commencing from the application of an adhesive on a substrate until it is assembled without the loss of bonding…
- open time noun The period of time after an adhesive has been applied and allowed to dry, during which an effective bond can be achieved by joining the two…
- open valley noun a method of valley construction in which the steep-slope roofing on both sides are trimmed along each side of the valley, exposing the…
- overhand adj Laid such that the surface of the wall to be jointed is on the opposite side of the wall from the mason, requiring the mason to lean over…
- oversheet verb To put cladding over (a roof).
- oversheeted adj having an oversheet.
- oversite adj Laid over the ground, or built above an existing site.
- overspray surface texture noun In SPF roofing, a condition of the foam in which the surface shows a linear course textured pattern and/or a pebbled surface. This surface…
- pan noun The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
- pancake verb To collapse one floor after another.
- panel noun One of the faces of a hewn stone.
- parge noun A coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls.
- pargeting noun A form of decorative plasterwork used on exterior walls of buildings.
- parging noun A coat of cement mortar on the face of rough masonry, the earth side of foundation and basement walls; a parge.
- paver noun A road paving machine, a machine to lay asphalt on roads.
- peel strength noun The average load per unit width required to separate a flexible member from a rigid member or another flexible member.