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girder

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gird·er  (gûrdr)
n.
A beam, as of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or bridge.
girder [ˈgɜːdə]
n
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.girdergirder - 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 [ˈgɜːrdər] n → poutre f
girder
n → Träger m
girder [ˈgɜːdəʳ] n → trave f
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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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.
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It seemed to make an extraordinary noise, too -- to give heavy thumps as though it had been as big as a bridge girder.
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