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girder

/ˈɡɜːdə(ɹ)/US/ˈɡɝdɚ/

girder noun: a beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.

girder: a beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or...
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Noun

girder (plural girders)

  1. A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
  2. One who girds; a satirist.

girder meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

girder in Tamil

உத்திரம், தீராந்தி, கேடர், பெருந்தீராந்தி, தூலம், உத்தரம்

girder in Urdu

شہ تیر

girder in Malayalam

വലിയ ഉത്തരം, ഒഴുക്കറത്തൂണ്, കഴുക്കോൽ, മോന്തായം

girder in Kannada

ತೊಲೆ, ದೂಲ
More languagesFewer languages
girder in Tagalog
kahab-an
girder in Malay
galang, gelegar
girder in Indonesian
penopang, gelagar, girder
girder in Persian
شاهتیر šâh-tir, فرسب farasb

Examples of girder in a sentence

  • The girders were carefully set in place.
  • The bridge used precast concrete girders.
  • But engineers who made the paw to the bridge, the girders, don’t remain in history.

All 23 example sentences with girder

Forms of girder

pluralgirders

Plural of girder: girders

Origin of girder

From gird + -er.

Words formed from girder

Phrases with girder

Words that rhyme with girder

Questions about girder

What does girder mean?
Girder means a beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
What is girder in Tamil?
Girder in Tamil is உத்திரம், தீராந்தி, கேடர். See Girder meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is girder?
Girder is a noun.
How do you pronounce girder?
Girder is pronounced /ˈɡɜːdə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of girder?
The plural of girder is girders.

Words near girder in the dictionary

  1. gird up one's loins
  2. girded
  3. girded one's loins
  4. girded up one's loins
  5. girdedst
  6. girder
  7. girder fork
  8. girderage
  9. girdered
  10. girdering
  11. girderless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: girder (page history and authors); girder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); girder (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); girder (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); girder (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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