Definitions For Prestress

Verb

prestresses , prestressing , prestressed (construction) To apply stress to structural components in order to produce a tension that counteracts the loads to which the component is subjected in its designed use.

Translations

Finnish: esijännittää

Etymology

pre- , stress

Is Prestress a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
12

The word Prestress is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

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