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 5 of 5: from “sleeved” to “yellow goods”.
- sleeved adj Made with or having sleeves.
- slip sheet noun Sheet material, such as reinforced kraft paper, rosin-sized paper, polyester scrim or polyethylene sheeting, placed between two components…
- snow guard noun A device or series of devices attached to the roof in a pattern that attempts to hold the snow in place, thus preventing sudden snow or ice…
- snow load noun The live load due to the weight of snow on a structure, such as a roof; included in the design calculations.
- spalting noun Any coloration of wood, either living or dead, by fungi, which is considered visually or texturally appealing. Biochemical responses by the…
- span noun The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
- spandrel noun soffit (usually used to describe metal or corrugated plastic types of roof soffit)
- spline noun A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
- split noun A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
- split slab noun A method of construction using two separate concrete slabs: the first placed as a slab on grade or suspended slab and covered with…
- splocket noun A triangular timber frame.
- spring beam noun A beam of considerable span, without central support; the tie beam of a truss.
- spud noun A type of short nut (fastener) threaded on both ends.
- spud washer noun A flanged rubber or foam ring that covers the spud nut on the flush mechanism of a toilet, cushioning the tank-bowl juncture to prevent…
- spur noun A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.
- square noun A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m²) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by…
- staff noun A mixture of plaster and fibre used as a temporary exterior wall covering.
- standing seam noun A type of seam between adjacent sheets of metal roofing material made by turning up the edges of two adjacent panels and then folding or…
- starling noun An enclosure like a coffer-dam, formed of piles driven closely together before any structure or work, as a protection against the wash of…
- starter strip noun Roll roofing or shingle strips applied along the downslope eave line before the first course of roofing and intended to fill spaces between…
- steam shovel noun An excavating machine designed to effect a shovelling action through steam power.
- steep-slope roof noun According to ASTM standard E 1918-97, a roof whose uppermost part is installed at a slope of 2:12 (9.5 degrees) or more.
- stench trap noun A device to prevent foul air from rising from the openings of sewers, drains, etc., by means of a water seal.
- step flashing noun Individual pieces of sheet metal material used to flash walls, around chimneys, dormers and such projections along the slope of a roof.…
- stick verb To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- stick clip noun a non-penetrating fastener that is adhered to the waterproofing surface; typically used to retain insulation, drainage panels, etc.…
- stiffener noun One of a series of angle bars, Z-bars, beams, rods, or other shapes, attached in order to provide them the necessary stiffness or rigidity.
- stirrup noun A bent rebar wrapped around the main rebars to reinforce against shear stress.
- strap noun A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- stressable adj Of construction materials, able to be subject to physical stress.
- stretcher bond noun In bricklaying, an arrangement of bricks or stones laid lengthwise in successive courses, the joints of the one falling at the middle of…
- striation noun a parallel series of small grooves, channels, or impressions typically within a metal roof panel used to help reduce the potential for…
- strickle noun A template; a pattern.
- strike verb To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- string noun A board supporting steps
- stringer noun The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
- stringpiece noun A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; especially one of the longitudinal pieces supporting a…
- stroke verb To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.
- strongback noun A load-bearing post with a T-shaped cross-section, where the short T-tail prevents bowing of the long post.
- strut noun A beam or rod providing support.
- stud noun A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths…
- stud finder noun A hand-held device used to determine the location of framing studs used in light-frame construction after the walling surface has been…
- subdeck noun The undersection of a deck (as of a bridge or a ship).
- subfloor noun The floor structure supporting and underlying the visible flooring or other finishing surface such as a carpet
- submittal noun Data about a product, such as shop drawings, material data, or samples.
- substrate noun A surface to which a substance adheres.
- subtrade noun The specific trade of a subcontractor on a construction project, such as roofing or electrical wiring.
- subtrader noun A subcontractor who carries on a subtrade.
- sump noun An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
- sweat verb To solder (a pipe joint) together.
- swing verb To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
- sympathetic adj Designed in a sensitive or appropriate way.
- t noun Ellipsis of T-beam.
- table verb To join (pieces of timber) together using coaks.
- tabling noun The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding; a crude form of dovetailing.
- tack noun The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
- tear off verb To remove all of a roof (shingles, etc.) down to the wood deck.
- tearout noun Synonym of blowout.
- tendon noun A wire or bar used to strengthen prestressed concrete.
- thermal verb To create a rough finish on stone by treating it with a high-temperature blowtorch.
- throughstone noun A bondstone.
- tie noun A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- tingle noun An attachment in the middle of a long guide line to keep it from sagging.
- toe verb To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be…
- toe-crushing noun A failure of a brick wall in which the bricks at one lower end crack and crumble.
- toed adj Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely; said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a…
- toothing noun Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order to be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up.
- top hat noun A kind of steel batten.
- topside noun The structure and assembly of modules above the jacket or gravity base sub structure.
- torch verb To point (“fill up and bring to a smooth finish”) (inside joints of slates laid on laths) using lime hair mortar.
- torch down verb To use a propane torch to burn sheets of modified bitumen, a technique used on roofs to provide waterproofing and fire resistance.
- torsel noun A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.
- tote noun The principal handle of a handplane, for gripping the plane.
- touch noun Tallow.
- trackhoe noun An excavator (machine) mounted on caterpillar tracks. (Most are large; some are miniature for small jobs.)
- transmittal noun An item of correspondence.
- traverse verb To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
- tread noun A walking surface in a stairway on which the foot is placed.
- trim verb To dress; to make smooth.
- try-miter square noun A joinery tool that can be used as a standard 90 degree try square and also as a 45 degree miter square.
- tumbler tank noun A flush-tank in which water gathers in one chamber before being tilted over so as to discharge its contents.
- turning tool noun A handheld tool for woodturning.
- tusk noun A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
- twibill noun A two-edged tool used in gate-type hurdle-making for cutting out mortises, with a flat chisel and a mortise chisel or hook, similar to the…
- twister noun A girder.
- undercloak noun A fixed underlayer of tile or fibre cement on a roof, to support the mortar above.
- underpoint verb To point the underside.
- upstand noun A section of a roof covering or flashing which turns up against a vertical surface.
- valley board noun A timber board supporting a metal valley iron or undertile gutter where two sections of a pitched roof meet.
- valley rafter noun A diagonal support that runs from the wall plate to the ridge of a roof, providing structural stability where the two roof slopes meet.
- veneer verb To apply veneer to.
- void noun An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
- waffle noun A concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure of ribs running at right angles to each other on its underside.
- wall plate noun A piece of timber laid horizontally in or on a wall as a support for a girder, rafter, or joist.
- wallbox noun A socket set into a wall to support a shaft or beam.
- wane noun A rounded corner caused by lack of wood, often showing bark.
- waney noun A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring.
- water popping noun A technique used to open the grain of wood flooring by introducing clean water to its surface before staining and finishing it.
- waterstop noun A waterproof barrier that is used to prevent moisture from leaking through a joint.
- waterwork noun Engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water), such as the collection and distribution of water…
- waterworks noun Engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water), such as the collection and distribution of water…
- wedging noun A method of joining timbers.
- wellpoint noun A small well consisting of a tube hammered into the ground, that can drain water from a construction site.
- whitewash verb Of bricks: to become encrusted with a white layer of soluble salts due to efflorescence.
- wing wall noun In a bridge, a retaining wall on either side of an abutment.
- wipe verb To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by…
- withe noun Alternative spelling of wythe (“single section of bricks one unit thick”).
- workpiece noun A partially finished object (often composed of a raw material) which is subjected to various operations, worked on with tools, etc.
- wythe noun A continuous vertical section of masonry, one unit in thickness.
- yellow goods noun Equipment for construction and earthmoving tasks.