Synonyms of the word crossbeam


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crossbeam

  • n. A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.
  • n. (nautical) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.

beam

  • n. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
  • n. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame…
  • n. (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel.
  • n. The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
  • n. The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
  • n. (literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.
  • n. (textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and…
  • n. The straight part or shank of an anchor.
  • n. The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached…
  • n. In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which…
  • n. A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
  • n. (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
  • n. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
  • n. (music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric…
  • n. (railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish or supply with beams.
  • v. (transitive) give the appearance of beams to.
  • v. (transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
  • v. (transitive, currying) To stretch something (for example an animal hide) on a beam.
  • v. (transitive, weaving) To put (something) on a beam.
  • v. (transitive, music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.

crosspiece

  • n. A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.
  • n. (nautical) A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.

trave

  • n. (architecture) A crossbeam.
  • n. (architecture) A section formed by crossbeams.

traverse

  • n. (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by…
  • n. (surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject,…
  • n. (obsolete) A screen or partition.
  • n. Something that thwarts or obstructs.
  • n. (architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
  • n. (law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings…
  • n. (nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound…
  • n. (geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
  • n. (military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
  • v. (transitive) To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
  • v. To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
  • v. (artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
  • v. (climbing), To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
  • v. (engineering), (skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe…
  • v. To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct.
  • v. To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
  • v. (carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
  • v. (law) To deny formally.
  • adv. athwart; across; crosswise.
  • adj. Lying across; being in a direction across something else.

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