structural

[ struhk-cher-uh l ]
/ ˈstrʌk tʃər əl /
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adjective

noun

Building Trades.
  1. a part of a structure that carries a load.
  2. the structural member used for such a part.

Origin of structural

First recorded in 1825–35; structure + -al1

OTHER WORDS FROM structural

Words nearby structural

stroy, strozzi, struck, struck jury, struck measure, structural, structural anthropology, structural formula, structural functionalism, structural gene, structural geology

Words related to structural

skeletal, constitutional, architectural, basic, anatomical, formative, organic, anatomic, formalistic, formational, tectonic

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British Dictionary definitions for structural

structural
/ (ˈstrʌktʃərəl) /

adjective

of, relating to, or having structure or a structure
of, relating to, or forming part of the structure of a building
of or relating to the structure and deformation of rocks and other features of the earth's crust
of or relating to the structure of organisms; morphological
chem of, concerned with, caused by, or involving the arrangement of atoms in molecules

Derived forms of structural

structurally, adverb