NOUN | artifact | joist | beam used to support floors or roofs |
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Sounds | jhoy'st | |
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Rhymes | foist ... voiced: 5 rhymes with oyst... |
Meaning | beam used to support floors or roofs. | |
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Narrower | floor joist | joist that supports a floor |
trimmer, trimmer joist | joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc. | |
Broader | beam | long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction |
Spanish | vigueta | |
Catalan | bigueta |
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