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grillages

grillages is the plural of grillage.

Meaning of grillage

Noun

grillage (plural grillages)

  1. A foundation of crisscrossing timber or steel beams, usually for spreading heavy loads over large areas.
    • Workers laid foundations of immense timbers in crisscrossed layers following Root's 'grillage' principle.2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City, Vintage Books, page 144

Questions about grillages

What is grillages the plural of?
Grillages is the plural of grillage.

Words near grillages in the dictionary

  1. grill up
  2. grillable
  3. grillade
  4. grillades
  5. grillage
  6. grillages
  7. grillbillies
  8. grillbilly
  9. grille
  10. grille guard
  11. grille guards

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