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cantilever

DEFINITIONS OF: cantilever

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n projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only

Type of:
beam
long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction

v construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed

“Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings”
Type of:
build, construct, make
make by combining materials and parts

v project as a cantilever

Type of:
jut, jut out, project, protrude, stick out
extend out or project in space
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