Sunbeam: alternatives and connections

On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam; -- with of.

The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter.

An upright beam.

A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve.

A great beam, rafter, or timber; esp., the tie-beam of a house. The loft above was called "the balks."

A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the…

A small European flycatcher (Muscicapa gricola), so called because it often nests on a beam in a building.

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of Beam

Not having a beam.

A small beam of light.

Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.

That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports; as, a lintel or beam may have four inches of bearing upon the wal…

A working beam.

The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.

A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.

To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building.