Girder

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A beam, as of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or bridge.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who girds; a satirist.
  • n. One who, or that which, girds.
  • n. A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of Frame, and Doubleframed floor, under Double.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which girds, binds, or encircles. Specifically A main beam of either wood or iron, resting with each end upon a wall or pier, used to support a superstructure or a superincumbent weight, as a floor, the upper wall of a house, the roadway of a bridge, or the like.
  • n. one who girds or gibes; a satirist.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure
  • Equivalent
    box girder   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beam   
    Variant
    frame    double   
    Hyponym
    i-beam   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    satirist   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Herder    birder    herder    murder   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    truss    conduit    bulkhead    tubing    walkway    rafter    railing    brace    slat    pilings