strut
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7.4
- noun
- /strʌt/
- Specialized
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puntal
- Before installing the new roof, the workers needed to replace several damaged struts in the framework.
- strut and tie
- columellar strut
- strut chassis
I need to find a strut where there's no stress.
- I need to find a strut where there's no stress.
- Keep it keeps it from falling on the ground and those metal pins are are stuck through the the strut.
Examples
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As the Huey approached the LZ, it trembled, rotors flattening the tall grass, struts leveling just above the ground.
Fiction book (2000) -
The minute we fire her up, the struts start cracking at the attach points.
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I broke a wing strut.
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Looking up, Grant notices a large strut covered with the same substance.
Fiction book (2001) -
Can you see those struts coming down right on that center wall?
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I need to find a strut where there's no stress.
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You must remember to put wood blocks between the wire and the building's struts.
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The terraforming module is stable... but the connecting strut took some damage.
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Tighten those struts, will you?
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Stephen grabs a piece of broken, dangling strut and hangs on with one hand.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
141
1.4
A thing that holds up weight, like a pillar
1
4.0
A part that holds something and keeps it upright, like columns or a skeleton
1
4.9
A part of a building, like a beam, that holds weight
1
6.7
A support added to a frame to keep it steady
A bar or beam that supports part of a building
Idioms
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strut as a building part originally meant a strong post or brace that 'supports' and keeps things steady. That's why a strut is a bar or rod used to hold up or strengthen a structure.