beam, n.
(beams)
freq. cnt. 24
(beams)
freq. cnt. 24
long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9
beam
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box beam, box girder
cantilever
girder
header
header, lintel
joist
keel
keelson
rafter, balk, baulk
rider plate
rooftree, ridge, ridgepole
shore, shoring
tie, tie beam
timber
trave, traverse, crossbeam, crosspiece
substance meronym
a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9
beam radio beam
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a column of light (as from a beacon)
<noun.phenomenon> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
beam beam of light irradiation light beam ray ray of light shaft shaft of light
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a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
<noun.phenomenon> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
beam electron beam ray
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a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts
<noun.artifact>
balance beam beam
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the broad side of a ship
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beam
(nautical) breadth amidships
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beam
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