tilt-up

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tilt uhp]
- /tɪlt ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tilt uhp]
- /tɪlt ʌp/

Definition of tilt-up word

adjective tilt-up of or relating to a method of casting concrete walls on site in a horizontal position or preassembling wooden wall and partition frames, then tilting them up into their final position: tilt-up construction. 1

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Origin of tilt-up

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

First recorded in 1840-50; adj. use of verb phrase tilt up

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Parts of speech for Tilt-up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Tilt-up

tilt-up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".