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girder

noun
/ˈɡɜːdə(ɹ)/UK/ˈɡɝdɚ/US

Etymology

From gird + -er.

  1. derived from *gʰerdʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *gurdijaną✻ — “to gird”
  3. inherited from gyrdan
  4. inherited from girden
  5. formed as girder — “gird + -er”

Definitions

  1. A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a…

    A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.

  2. One who girds

    One who girds; a satirist.

The neighborhood

Derived

box girder, fish belly girder, fishbelly girder, girderage, girdered, girdering, girderless, girderlike, girderwork, I-girder, lattice girder, plate girder, regirder, sandwich girder

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA