girder

gird·er (gûr

A beam, as of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or bridge.

girder [ˈgɜːdə]

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a large beam, esp one made of steel, used in the construction of bridges, buildings, etc.

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany the structure composed of tissue providing mechanical support for a stem or leaf

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girder - a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure

beam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction

I-beam - girder having a cross section resembling the letter `I'

Translations

girder [ˈgɜːdəʳ] N → viga f

girder [ˈgɜː^rdə^r] n → poutre f

girder

n → Träger m

girder [ˈgɜːdəʳ] n → trave f

girder

n girder [ˈgəːdə]

a large beam of steel etc, eg to support a road or bridge The girders of the bridge have collapsed. dwarsbalk عارِضَه في جِسْر подпорна греда nosník drager; bærebjælke der Brückenträger σιδηροδοκός viga kandetala تیر اصلی kannatinpalkki poutre(lle) כורת פלדה शहतीर glavna greda, traverza gerenda penyangga burðarbiti trave けた 대들보 sija, santvara sija; baļķis; (tilta) ferma galang steunbalk bærebjelke, drager przęsło barrote traversă балочная ферма nosník nosilec greda bärbjälke, balk นั่งร้าน kiriş, putrel 大樑，椼 балка; опора لوہے کا شہتیر rầm cầu 大梁

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beam
Bowstring girder
box beam
box girder
Breastsummer
buckle
Case-bay
clinch
Double-framed floor
Girder bridge
H-beam
Half-lattice girder
I-beam
Lattice bridge
Lattice girder
Leg bridge
Plate girder
Sandwich girder
T-girder

So he gave his hand to Burge on that bargain, and went home with his mind full of happy visions, in which (my refined reader will perhaps be shocked when I say it) the image of Hetty hovered, and smiled over plans for seasoning timber at a trifling expense, calculations as to the cheapening of bricks per thousand by water-carriage, and a favourite scheme for the strengthening of roofs and walls with a peculiar form of iron girder.

Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context

In the rearing of skyscrapers, it is now usual to have a temporary wire strung vertically, so that the architect may stand on the ground and confer with a foreman who sits astride of a naked girder three hundred feet up in the air.

The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context

It seemed to make an extraordinary noise, too -- to give heavy thumps as though it had been as big as a bridge girder.

Typhoon by Conrad, Joseph View in context

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