GIRDER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("girder" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "girder"):

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

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