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Synonyms for girder

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gur-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɜr dər

Définition of girder

Origin :
  • "main supporting beam that carries flooring," 1610s, agent noun from gird, on notion of something that "holds up" something else. Used of iron bridge supports from 1853.
  • noun main support beam
Example sentences :
  • Not even a girder that could be unfastened in time to brace the last door.
  • Extract from : « Under Arctic Ice » by H.G. Winter
  • Every interior floor and girder must have been treated with the gas.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 » by Various
  • This is the simplest form for metal bridge truss, or girder.
  • Extract from : « Carpentry for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
  • The practice is to give these girder boxes a camber of ½-in.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • The centering and the beam and girder forms were supported by 6×6-in.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • He dropped to his knees, his hands reaching for a hold on the girder.
  • Extract from : « Smugglers' Reef » by John Blaine
  • The car, in which the pilot and observer sit, is set in this girder.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Aircraft » by Lawrence Yard Smith
  • Special cast-iron sleepers are employed on the girder bridges.
  • Extract from : « Minimum Gauge Railways » by Arthur Heywood
  • The effect on the girder is to twist it, as will be clear from a little consideration.
  • Extract from : « The Anatomy of Bridgework » by William Henry Thorpe
  • To the flanges of this girder are added plates equal to 50 per cent.
  • Extract from : « The Anatomy of Bridgework » by William Henry Thorpe

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