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tilt-up
[ tilt-uhp ]
/ ˈtɪltˌʌp /
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adjective Building Trades.
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.
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Origin of tilt-up
First recorded in 1840–50; adj. use of verb phrase tilt up
Words nearby tilt-up
tilt hammer, tilting board, tilting chest, tiltmeter, tilt-top table, tilt-up, tiltyard, Tim, timarau, Timaru, timbal
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