Definitions for cantilever

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cantilever can·ti·le·ver

Spelling: [kan-tl-ee-ver, -ev-er]

IPA: /ˈkæn tlˌi vər, -ˌɛv ər/

Cantilever is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 915 anagrams from letters in cantilever (aceeilnrtv).

Definitions for cantilever

noun

1. any rigid structural member projecting from a vertical support, especially one in which the projection is great in relation to the depth, so that the upper part is in tension and the lower part in compression.
2. Building Trades, Civil Engineering. any rigid construction extending horizontally well beyond its vertical support, used as a structural element of a bridge (cantilever bridge) building foundation, etc.
3. Aeronautics. a form of wing construction in which no external bracing is used.
4. Architecture. a bracket for supporting a balcony, cornice, etc.

verb (used with object)

1. to construct in the manner of a cantilever.

verb (used without object)

1. to project in the manner of a cantilever.

Origin of cantilever

1660-70; perhaps cant² + -i- + lever

Examples for cantilever

The construction of the arched roof is on the plan which engineers know as the cantilever, and not that of the Roman arch.

Two things have helped to put up a cantilever across the gulf.

We project our life forward as we build a cantilever bridge.

Over the Niagara gorge also was built one of the first cantilever bridges ever constructed.

Other bridges have since been built, among them a cantilever.

The forward ends of the poling boards were supported by a cantilever beam.

By government survey we know that the depth of the river between the Falls and the cantilever bridge is two hundred feet.

It is more than likely, then, that he will turn to the cantilever.

The cantilever portion has the appearance of a vast elongated diamond.

Then he asked me whether it was a suspension bridge or a cantilever.