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Meanings of girder in English

Catalan
jàssera
Spanish
jácena
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Main horizontal support of a structure which supports smaller beams, often with an I-beam cross section composed of two load-bearing flanges separated by a stabilizing web, but may also have a box shape, Z shape and other forms.

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Usage of girder in English
1
It will also include the largest girder ever used in a N.Y.C.
The new yorker
2
They rose to a white-painted girder that ran athwart the cabin ceiling.
Where the Blue Begins
3
Balinor walked over to the nearest structure and rubbed the metal girder.
The Sword of Shannara
4
Above her, sitting on a girder, are a dozen construction workers, applauding.
This is where we live
5
At the rate we're rotating, this here girder won't protect me much longer.
Existence
6
It is long enough to stretch beneath me and onto a second girder.
Insurgent
7
The truss construction of the frames supporting the girder box will be noted.
Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs
8
A great iron girder structure has been put in its place.
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
9
Every beam and girder was on the ground, numbered and ready.
The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
10
There's enough up there to put a real strain on the girder structure.
The coldest blood
11
This is the simplest form for metal bridge truss, or girder.
Carpentry for Boys / In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on...
12
The bolt hit the iron roofing girder directly above Quinn Dexter.
The Neutronium Alchemist
13
A falling girder in Manhattan closed a street for two days.
American Gods
14
Bridge wall girder for hanging bridge wall with expansion sockets for side walls.
Steam, Its Generation and Use
15
Others, particularly steel plate girder bridges, were badly buckled by the blast pressure.
The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
16
Aenea let out a long, terrible sigh and slumped back against the girder.
The Hyperion Cantos
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Translations for girder
Catalan
jàssera
Spanish
jácena
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