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cantilever
DEFINITIONS OF:
cantilever
1
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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