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rafters

rafters is the plural of rafter.

rafters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rafter.

Meaning of rafter

Noun (1)

rafter (plural rafters)

  1. One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.
    • […] the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
  2. (collective) A flock of turkeys.
    • A turkey will always seek the company of another turkey, and ultimately that of the rafter.2013, Don Schrider, Storey's Guide to Raising Turkeys, Storey Publishing, LLC, page 4

Noun (2)

rafter (plural rafters)

  1. A raftsman.

See all 7 meanings of rafter

Proper noun capitalized: Rafters

Rafters

  1. (plural) plural of Rafter

Phrases with rafters

Questions about rafters

What is rafters the plural of?
Rafters is the plural of rafter.
What part of speech is rafters?
Rafters is a proper noun.

Words near rafters in the dictionary

  1. rafter snappers
  2. raftered
  3. raftering
  4. rafterings
  5. rafterless
  6. rafters
  7. Raftery
  8. Rafterys
  9. raftilose
  10. rafting
  11. raftless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rafters (page history and authors); Rafters (page history and authors); rafter (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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