hammer beam

ham·mer beam

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ham-er beem]
- /ˈhæm ər bim/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ham-er beem]
- /ˈhæm ər bim/

Definitions of hammer beam words

noun hammer beam a short wooden beam projecting from an interior wall to support or tie together rafters or arched roof braces. 1
noun hammer beam either of a pair of short horizontal beams that project from opposite walls to support arched braces and struts 0
noun hammer beam (architecture) A member of a kind of roof truss (a hammer-beam truss), so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam. 0

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hammer beam popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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