What is "cantilever" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does cantilever mean in English? Meaning of cantilever definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "cantilever" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "cantilever": projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only

Noun

  • Meaning: projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
  • Synonyms: cantilever
  • Hypernyms: beam
  • Meaning of "cantilever": project as a cantilever

    Verb

  • Meaning: project as a cantilever
  • Synonyms: cantilever
  • Hypernyms: jut jut out project protrude stick out
  • Meaning of "cantilever": construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed

    Verb

  • Meaning: construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed
  • Example: Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings
  • Synonyms: cantilever
  • Hypernyms: build construct make
  • Synonyms:

    girder, scaffolding, joist, shaft, pillar, pole, plank, timber, strip, bail, bolster, stanchion, prop, trestle, pile, boom, stud, spar, brace, rafter, balk, reach, stay, axle, post, strut, column, jamb, transverse, piling, sill, crosspiece, lintel, crossbar, lath, stringer, two-by-four, scantling, clamp, splint, bracer, bearing, buttress, skid, truss, arm, staff, bolster, stanchion, rib, stave, prop, boom, peg, mainstay, grip, girder, rafter, stay, band, splice, strut, bar, vice, reinforcement, underpinning, shore, bracket, lever, guy, block, sustainer, strengthener, stirrup, girder, reinforcement, strut, joint, brace, pole, strip, bail, timber, bolster, scaffolding, stanchion, prop, trestle, pile, boom, stud, spar, brace, girder, balk, joist, reach, strut, axle, post, stay, plank, shaft, column, pillar, jamb, transverse, crosspiece, lintel, crossbar, lath, stringer, sill, two-by-four, piling, scantling,

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    cantilever in English: cantilever
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