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cross-member

cross-member is the alternative spelling of crossmember.

Meaning of crossmember

Noun

crossmember (plural crossmembers)

  1. A transverse structural support.
    • But those crossmembers, you know like, there’s no—there would be no way to put him in the ground without… dismembering him.2025 March 20 [2023 May 1], Midwest Safety, “911 Call Leads to Horrifying Discovery in a Shed”, in YouTube (video)
  2. A beam lying crosswise; a rail.
    • The machines are supported at the pinion end by the gearcase itself and at the other end by cross-members of the bogie frame.1964 February, “French 155mph electric locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 124

Forms of cross-member

pluralcross-members

Questions about cross-member

What is cross-member the alternative spelling of?
Cross-member is the alternative spelling of crossmember.

Words near cross-member in the dictionary

  1. cross-liver
  2. cross-livers
  3. cross-lives
  4. cross-living
  5. Cross-McKusick-Breen syndrome
  6. cross-member
  7. cross-members
  8. cross-modal
  9. cross-multiplication
  10. cross-multiplications
  11. cross-multiplied

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