girder
noun/ˈɡɜːdə(r)/
/ˈɡɜːrdər/
- a long strong iron or steel bar used for building bridges and the framework of large buildings
- It was a confusing picture of pipes and girders.
- The unfinished building with its blue girders was being used as a huge climbing frame.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from gird in the archaic sense ‘brace, strengthen’.
Check pronunciation:
girder