girder
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5.0
- noun
- /ˈɡɜrdər/
- Specialized
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viga
- My packing crate home was tied to a girder just above the door.
- hull girder
But he looks at me and he says, OK, so I walk across this girder and I start walking up this cable.
- But he looks at me and he says, OK, so I walk across this girder and I start walking up this cable.
- If this is the train station, you arrive at these great big soaring arcades of brick, you know, with the iron girders painted.
Examples
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Some of us poke around viaducts, steel girders, stone arches, latticed trusses, and end posts.
Fiction book (1992) -
When the bridge opened, we used to hang on to the girders underneath.
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Try and come this side of the girder.
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I hit my lamp on a girder overhead.
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He was working on a girder on a Conway Construction job.
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Edgar is strapped to a girder by his belt, his shotgun gripped in his hands.
Fiction book (1990) -
The wind howled fiercely around the iron girders of the Eiffel Tower.
Fiction book (1992) -
Realizing this is futile, Dmitri slips through the floor girders and scurries towards the edge.
Fiction book (1997) -
A Swedish novelist saw rusty girders poke out of the gravel heaps like the stems of long since foundered boats.
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The architect designed the building to rest securely on a strong girder that would support its weight.
Synonyms
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2.7
A long strong piece of wood, metal, or concrete that supports part of a building
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4.4
A horizontal beam that supports parts of a building, like a roof
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5.5
A strong piece of wood or metal that holds the weight of parts of a building
A beam with a hollow box shape used in bridges and large structures
Compounds
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word girder is related to the old word girdle and the root gird, which meant 'belt' or 'to wrap around'. So a girder is like a strong 'belt' or bar that holds up and supports a building or bridge.