mushroom slab construction

noun

beamless reinforced-concrete floor and roof construction employing columns with widely flaring heads having horizontal rings of reinforcement to support the floor or roof slab.

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Origin of mushroom slab construction

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby mushroom slab construction

mushmelon, mushmouth, mushroom, mushroom anchor, mushroom cloud, mushroom slab construction, mushroom ventilator, mushy, mushyheaded, musial, music
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