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hammer beam truss

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables
ham-mer beam truss
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of roof 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.

Inflected Forms

hammer beam trusses (plural) hammer-beam truss (alternative) hammerbeam truss (alternative)

Phrases

hammer beam roof

Frequently Paired Words

hammer beam roof

Questions

What does hammer beam truss mean?
A kind of roof 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.

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