Antonyms for cantilever
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kan-tl-ee-ver, -ev-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn tlˌi vər, -ˌɛv ər |
Definition of cantilever
Origin :- 1660s, probably from cant (n.2) + lever, but earliest form (c.1610) was cantlapper. First element also might be Spanish can "dog," architect's term for an end of timber jutting out of a wall, on which beams rested. Related: Cantilevered.
- As in beam : noun length of material used as support
- As in bracket : noun support
- As in brace : noun support
- As in rafter : noun beam
- It is more than likely, then, that he will turn to the cantilever.
- Extract from : « The Modern Railroad » by Edward Hungerford
- We project our life forward as we build a cantilever bridge.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Faith » by Harry Emerson Fosdick
- Other bridges have since been built, among them a cantilever.
- Extract from : « Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No. 3, October 1899 » by Various
- Two things have helped to put up a cantilever across the gulf.
- Extract from : « Modern Essays » by John Macy
- Then he asked me whether it was a suspension bridge or a cantilever.
- Extract from : « Penelope's Experiences in Scotland » by Kate Douglas Wiggin
- The forward ends of the poling boards were supported by a cantilever beam.
- Extract from : « The New York Subway » by Anonymous
- Over the Niagara gorge also was built one of the first cantilever bridges ever constructed.
- Extract from : « Stories of Inventors » by Russell Doubleday
- The cantilever portion has the appearance of a vast elongated diamond.
- Extract from : « Inventions in the Century » by William Henry Doolittle
- The construction of the arched roof is on the plan which engineers know as the cantilever, and not that of the Roman arch.
- Extract from : « The North Pole » by Robert E. Peary
- By government survey we know that the depth of the river between the Falls and the cantilever bridge is two hundred feet.
- Extract from : « The Niagara River » by Archer Butler Hulbert
Synonyms for cantilever
- arm
- axle
- bail
- balk
- band
- bar
- bearing
- block
- bolster
- boom
- brace
- bracer
- bracket
- buttress
- cantilever
- clamp
- column
- crossbar
- crosspiece
- girder
- grip
- guy
- jamb
- joint
- joist
- lath
- lever
- lintel
- mainstay
- peg
- pile
- piling
- pillar
- plank
- pole
- post
- prop
- rafter
- reach
- reinforcement
- rib
- scaffolding
- scantling
- shaft
- shore
- sill
- skid
- spar
- splice
- splint
- staff
- stanchion
- stave
- stay
- stirrup
- strengthener
- stringer
- strip
- strut
- stud
- sustainer
- timber
- transverse
- trestle
- truss
- two-by-four
- underpinning
- vice
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