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Cantilever Common

Cantilever has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only

2

A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.

Verb
1

project as a cantilever

2

construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed

"Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings"

3

To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
beam stick out construct
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