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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

girder.
1. Main timber beam of great size supporting subsidiary beams at right angles to it.

2. Beam built up for additional strength to support a floor, road, etc. A plate-girder is constructed of plates of rolled iron or steel, consisting of vertical webs with flat plates fixed to the upper and lower parts.

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girder

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

gird·er / ˈgərdər/ • n. a large iron or steel beam or compound structure used for building bridges and the framework of large buildings.

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girder

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

girder •Barbuda, barracuda, Bermuda, brooder, Buxtehude, colluder, deluder, excluder, intruder, Judah, Luda, Neruda, obtruder, Tudor •mouthbrooder •Buddha, do-gooder •Kaunda, Munda •judder, rudder, shudder, udder •numdah •asunder, blunder, chunder, hereunder, plunder, rotunda, sunder, thereunder, thunder, under, up-and-under, wonder •husbander • seconder • Shetlander •mainlander • Greenlander •Queenslander • midlander •Little Englander •Highlander, islander •Icelander • Hollander • lowlander •Newfoundlander • woodlander •colander • Canada • Kannada •ambassador • forwarder •birder, Gerda, girder, herder, murder

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