Cantilever

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  • noun. A projecting structure, such as a beam, that is supported at one end and carries a load at the other end or along its length.
  • noun. A member, such as a beam, that projects beyond a fulcrum and is supported by a balancing member or a downward force behind the fulcrum.
  • noun. A bracket or block supporting a balcony or cornice.
  • intransitive verb. To construct as or in the manner of a cantilever.
  • intransitive verb. To extend outward as or in the manner of a cantilever.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See cantaliver.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as cantalever.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.
  • verb. To project in the manner of a cantilever, or to project (something) by means of a cantilever
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
  • verb. construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed
  • verb. project as a cantilever
  • Word Usage
    "The construction of the arched roof is on the plan which engineers know as the cantilever, and not that of the Roman arch."
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    beam  build  construct  jut  jut out  
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    bracket  
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