MEANING
A beam extending across a structure or between other supporting members.
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Words that belong together
- roof crossbeam
- wooden crossbeam
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A wooden crossbeam spanned the opening.
He ducked beneath the low crossbeam.
The roof’s crossbeam showed old tool marks.
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Word forms
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- crossbeam
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular crossbeam; plural crossbeams. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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