girder

noun

gird·​er ˈgər-dər 

: a horizontal main structural member (as in a building or bridge) that supports vertical loads and that consists of a single piece or of more than one piece bound together

Examples of girder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

New Atlas That girder suspension system reminds us of the Concept KX bobber that RE’s Indian design team cooked up in 2018. —New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024

Travel over this bridge has been disrupted since April, when state and federal transportation inspectors found problems, including a crack through a steel girder near the middle of the bridge. —Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2024

Weather permitting, the temporary traffic stops will allow crews to set steel girders for the new Har-Ber Avenue overpass. —Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 1 Oct. 2024

At the Venice Film Festival, where The Brutalist premiered (and Corbet won the Silver Lion award for best director), sequences capturing the sounds and textures of industrial America—the clang of steel girders, the roar of a smelting furnace—drew audible gasps. —Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2024

Word History

Etymology

gird entry 1 (in sense "to surround as with a belt, connect firmly") + -er entry 2

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing girder

• lattice girder

Kids Definition

girder

noun

gird·​er ˈgərd-ər 

: a horizontal main supporting beam