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beamless

beamless adjective: not having a beam.

Adjective

beamless (not comparable)

  1. Not having a beam.
    • […] a trend of beamless construction that became a norm of Islamic buildings.2017, Yijiu Jin, Islam, page 7
  2. Not emitting light.
    • Then up a steep and dark and narrow stair
      We wound, until the torches’ fiery tongue
      Amid the gushing day beamless and pallid hung.1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC...

Origin of beamless

From beam + -less.

Questions about beamless

What does beamless mean?
Beamless means not having a beam.
What part of speech is beamless?
Beamless is an adjective.

Words near beamless in the dictionary

  1. beamings
  2. Beaminster
  3. beamish
  4. Beamishes
  5. beamishly
  6. beamless
  7. beamlet
  8. beamlets
  9. beamlike
  10. beamline
  11. beamlines

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