freestanding

adjective free·stand·ing \ ˈfrē-ˈstan-diŋ \

|Updated on: 4 Jun 2018

Examples: freestanding in a Sentence

Definition of freestanding

1 : standing alone or on its own foundation free of support or attachment

a freestanding wall

2 : independent 1; especially : not being part of or affiliated with another organization

a freestanding clinic

a freestanding city

a freestanding computer store

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Examples of freestanding in a Sentence

a freestanding CD player that can easily be hooked up to your existing components
it's a freestanding store, not a franchise

Recent Examples of freestanding from the Web

From there, zip into a wetsuit, launch a sea kayak, and paddle stunning shoreline of cliffs and geologic formations like Chapel Rock, a 4,000-year-old freestanding sandstone column.

— the editors, Outside Online, "North America's 16 Best, Most Overlooked Beaches," 1 June 2018
One of the first works to do so was Art for the Art World Surface Pattern (1976), a small, freestanding room wallpapered with photos of violence and destruction, over which is stenciled the phrase: not a performance.

— jillian steinhauer, The New Republic, "Adrian Piper’s art plays with identity and confronts defensiveness.," 30 May 2018
In the master suite, one of four bedrooms and six bathrooms, there's a freestanding tub and walk-in closet.

— jack flemming, latimes.com, "Longtime Steelers coach Bill Cowher offers up home near his Carolina alma mater," 1 May 2018
The company opened a 66,000-square-foot, freestanding emergency department in 2015.

— guy boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "ProHealth Care plans to build a new $55 million hospital in Mukwonago," 16 May 2018
Clematis vines do well on these self-supporting, easy and super-strong arches made out of 4’ X 16’ welded wire fence panels; or a sturdy, freestanding trellis.

— jean nick, Good Housekeeping, "How To Grow Clematis," 17 Mar. 2017
The protesters built their tree stands in February, and another protester erected a monopod—a freestanding perch atop a tall pole—at a separate site in late March.

— kathryn miles, Outside Online, "The Forest Service Is Arresting Protestors Along the AT," 25 Apr. 2018
Sixteen of the students riding the bus, all in stable condition, were taken to hospitals and a freestanding emergency department in the Infirmary Health System in Alabama.

— samantha ketterer, Houston Chronicle, "Channelview ISD students recount deadly bus crash in Alabama," 13 Mar. 2018
The new master suite includes his-and-her closets, a freestanding tub and walk-in shower.

— emma kate fittes, Indianapolis Star, "Hot Property: Fishers fixer-upper goes from dark and dated to clean and upscale," 20 Apr. 2018

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