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girder

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /???(?)d?(?)/
  • Rhymes: -??(r)d?(r)

Noun

girder (plural girders)

  1. A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
  2. One who girds; a satirist.

Translations

See also

  • truss

Anagrams

  • Grider, gerrid

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crossbeam

English

Etymology

cross +? beam

Noun

crossbeam (plural crossbeams)

  1. A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.
    The workman hung a light from a crossbeam between the main joists.
  2. (nautical) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.

Translations

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