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Lintel

A horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture.

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Beam 76% connected

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

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Header 92% connected

One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Stress noun · 78% connection

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of a…

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Adit noun · 78% connection

An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried…

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Ant thrush noun · 78% connection

a kind of antbird, with species spanning the genera Formicarius and Chamaeza

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: horizontal, member, spanning, opening, carrying.
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Arch noun · 78% connection

(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: horizontal, member, spanning, opening, carrying.
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Archivolt noun · 78% connection

The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: horizontal, member, spanning, opening, carrying.
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Bilge verb · 78% connection

To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: horizontal, member, spanning, opening, carrying.
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Break verb · 78% connection

An opening made by fracture or disruption.

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Capable adjective · 78% connection

Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: horizontal, member, spanning, opening, carrying.
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Chord noun · 78% connection

The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension.

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Circumferentor noun · 78% connection

A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: horizontal, member, spanning, opening, carrying.
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Corbel noun · 78% connection

A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: horizontal, member, spanning, opening, carrying.
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Counterpoise verb · 78% connection

To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: horizontal, member, spanning, opening, carrying.
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Curb noun · 78% connection

An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the int…

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Dram noun · 78% connection

A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce…

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Drip noun · 78% connection

That part of a cornice, sill course, or other horizontal member, which projects beyond the rest, and is of such section as to throw of…

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Flat noun · 78% connection

A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal.

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Fracture verb · 78% connection

To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone…

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Gap noun · 78% connection

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which impli…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: horizontal, member, spanning, opening, carrying.
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Girder noun · 78% connection

A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or buil…

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