girder
noun /ˈɡɜːdə(r)/
/ˈɡɜːrdər/
- a long strong iron or steel bar used for building bridges and the framework of large buildings
- It was a confusing picture of pipes and girders.
- The unfinished building with its blue girders was being used as a huge climbing frame.
WordfinderTopics Buildingsc2- cement
- construction
- foundation
- girder
- joist
- masonry
- plaster
- rubble
- scaffolding
- site
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from gird in the archaic sense ‘brace, strengthen’.