Synonyms of the word

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.

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.

brace

• n. (obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.
• n. (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.
• n. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.
• n. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
• n. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.
• n. A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.
• n. The state of being braced or tight; tension.
• n. Harness; warlike preparation.
• n. (typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words…
• n. A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally and then other things, but rarely…
• n. A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces,…
• n. (nautical) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally;…
• n. (Britain, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or…
• n. (soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To prepare for something bad, such as an impact or blow.
• v. To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly.
• v. (nautical) To swing round the yards of a square rigged ship, using braces, to present a more efficient…
• v. To stop someone for questioning, usually said of police.
• v. To confront with questions, demands or requests.
• v. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
• v. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen.
• v. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly.

bracing

• v. present participle of brace.
• adj. Invigorating or stimulating.
• n. A brace.
• n. (US) A form of the military attention stance.

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.

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.