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CANTILEVER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cantilever" is a kind of...):

beam (long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction)

Derivation:

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

cantilever (project as a cantilever)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "cantilever" is one way to...):

build; construct; make (make by combining materials and parts)

Domain category:

architecture (the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cantilever (projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Project as a cantilever

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "cantilever" is one way to...):

jut; jut out; project; protrude; stick out (extend out or project in space)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

cantilever (projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only)

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