Definitions for girder

girder gird·er

Spelling: [gur-der]
IPA: /ˈgɜr dər/

Girder is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in girder (degirr).

Definitions for girder

noun

  1. a large beam, as of steel, reinforced concrete, or timber, for supporting masonry, joists, purlins, etc.
  2. a principal beam of wood, steel, etc., supporting the ends of joists.

Origin of girder

First recorded in 1605-15; gird1 + -er1

Examples for girder

To the flanges of this girder are added plates equal to 50 per cent.

Not even a girder that could be unfastened in time to brace the last door.

The practice is to give these girder boxes a camber of ½-in.

The centering and the beam and girder forms were supported by 6×6-in.

He dropped to his knees, his hands reaching for a hold on the girder.

The car, in which the pilot and observer sit, is set in this girder.

The effect on the girder is to twist it, as will be clear from a little consideration.

Special cast-iron sleepers are employed on the girder bridges.

This is the simplest form for metal bridge truss, or girder.

Every interior floor and girder must have been treated with the gas.

Word Value for girder
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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