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box girders

box girders is the plural of box girder.

Meaning of box girder

Noun

box girder (plural box girders)

  1. A steel beam with a hollow rectangular cross section; used for constructing bridges etc.
    • The Britannia Tubular Bridge is immediately west of Menai Bridge Station on the Holyhead main line. In design it consists of two continuous box girders of rectangular cross section, one for each track. It was opened in 1850.1946 May and June, “The Why and The Wherefore: Miscellanea”, in Railway Magazine, page 198

Questions about box girders

What is box girders the plural of?
Box girders is the plural of box girder.

Words near box girders in the dictionary

  1. box elder maples
  2. box elders
  3. box file
  4. box files
  5. box girder
  6. box girders
  7. box Harry
  8. Box Head
  9. Box Hill
  10. Box Hill North
  11. Box Hill South

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