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Cantilever

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Noun

1. cantilever

projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only

Verb

2. cantilever

project as a cantilever

3. cantilever

construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed

Example Sentences:
'Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cantilever

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noun
1. 
a. 
a beam, girder, or structural framework that is fixed at one end and is free at the other
b. 
(as modifier)
a cantilever wing
2. 
a wing or tailplane of an aircraft that has no external bracing or support
3. 
a part of a beam or a structure projecting outwards beyond its support
verb
4. (transitive)
to construct (a building member, beam, etc) so that it is fixed at one end only
5. (intransitive)
to project like a cantilever

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Cantilever

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noun
1. 
a large bracket or block projecting from a wall to support a balcony, cornice, etc.
2. 
a projecting beam or structure supported at only one end, that is anchored as to a pier or wall
verb transitive
3. 
to support by means of cantilevers

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cantilever

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n.
1. A projecting structure, such as a beam, that is supported at one end and carries a load at the other end or along its length.
2. A member, such as a beam, that projects beyond a fulcrum and is supported by a balancing member or a downward force behind the fulcrum.
3. A bracket or block supporting a balcony or cornice.
v. can·ti·le·vered, can·ti·le·ver·ing, can·ti·le·vers
v.tr.
To construct as or in the manner of a cantilever.
v.intr.
To extend outward as or in the manner of a cantilever.

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