shoring
Propping up walls
Shoring is the system of temporary supports used to hold up a structure during construction, repair, or excavation.
Workers install shoring to prevent walls from collapsing, trenches from caving in, or buildings from shifting: The crew put up shoring before removing the load-bearing wall.
Figuratively, shoring up means reinforcing something weakened: The CEO's statement was meant to shore up investor confidence.
Refreshingly keen or stimulating
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- strutProud, showy gait
- braceDevice providing structural stability
- propSupport or stage item
shore · stanchion · beam · girder · post · framework · anchorage · reinforcement
Act of unearthing
- trenchLong narrow excavation
- formworkMold for poured concrete
- proppingSupporting with aid
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
cofferdam · retaining · sheeting · timbering · strutting · tunneling · shuttering · hydraulic
Foundational support beneath
- footingSecure ground position
- basementSubterranean building level
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- substructureSupporting base beneath
pile · caisson · slab · pad · mudsill · settlement · pinning
Making more robust
- strengtheningIncreasing power or solidity
- fortifyingMaking stronger or sturdier
- bolsteringStrengthening or supporting
- consolidatingCombining dispersed elements
securing · anchoring · steadying · firming · solidifying · holding · retaining · safeguarding
bracing
Refreshingly keen or stimulating
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
- strutProud, showy gait
- braceDevice providing structural stability
prop · shore · stanchion · beam · girder · post · framework · anchorage · reinforcement · joist
excavation
Act of unearthing
underpinning · cofferdam · retaining · sheeting · timbering · strutting · tunneling · shuttering · hydraulic · lagging
underpinning
Foundational support beneath
- footingSecure ground position
- basementSubterranean building level
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
substructure · pile · caisson · slab · pad · mudsill · settlement · pinning
reinforcing
Making more robust
- strengtheningIncreasing power or solidity
- fortifyingMaking stronger or sturdier
- bolsteringStrengthening or supporting
consolidating · securing · anchoring · steadying · firming · solidifying · holding · retaining · safeguarding
bulkhead
Internal vessel barrier
breakwater · riprap · groin · embankment · levee · dike · quay · wharf · riverbank · waterfront
- formworkforms, molds, panels, plywood panels, sheathing
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- building structurebeam, column, truss, joist, girder
- mine safetymine safety, hard hat, hard hats, gas detectors, coal dust
- structural safetybracing, reinforcement, load bearing, supports, rebar
- structural supportsbeams, posts, columns, scaffold, girders
shoringundermining
Weakening by covert means
destabilizing · weakening · collapsing · dismantling · toppling
- shoring upStrengthening with supports
seashore, shores, shoreline, ashore, offshore, beaching, shored, beachcomber, inshore