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JOIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beam used to support floors or roofs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("joist" is a kind of...):
beam (long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "joist"):
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.)
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