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RAFTER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof

Synonyms:

balk; baulk; rafter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

Derivation:

rafter (provide (a ceiling) with rafters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who travels by raft

Synonyms:

rafter; raftman; raftsman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)

Derivation:

raft (travel by raft in water)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provide (a ceiling) with rafters

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "rafter" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Domain category:

architecture (the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

rafter (one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof)

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