tilt-up

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tilt′up′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
tilt-up  (tilt′up′),USA pronunciation adj. [Building Trades.]
  1. Buildingof or pertaining 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.
  • adjective, adjectival use of verb, verbal phrase tilt up 1840–50

'tilt-up' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
tip - uptilt

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