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summer-piece

summer-piece noun: a horizontal load-bearing beam in a building or other structure; (in later use) spec. the main beam supporting the girders or joists of a floor (or occasionally the rafters of a roof).

Noun

summer-piece (plural summer-pieces)

  1. (obsolete) a horizontal load-bearing beam in a building or other structure; (in later use) spec. the main beam supporting the girders or joists of a floor (or occasionally the rafters of a roof).
  2. (US) a fireboard

Forms of summer-piece

pluralsummer-pieces

Questions about summer-piece

What does summer-piece mean?
Summer-piece means a horizontal load-bearing beam in a building or other structure; (in later use) spec. the main beam supporting the girders or joists of a floor (or occasionally the rafters of a roof).
What part of speech is summer-piece?
Summer-piece is a noun.
What is the plural of summer-piece?
The plural of summer-piece is summer-pieces.

Words near summer-piece in the dictionary

  1. summer-fallowing
  2. summer-fallows
  3. summer-house
  4. summer-houses
  5. summer-like
  6. summer-piece
  7. summer-pieces
  8. summer-stirring
  9. summer-stone
  10. summer-stones
  11. summer-time

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