beam
noun
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
beamlike
-
a word derived from
beam.
Example Sentences
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So Gunther and Hagen laid aside all their arms, and put off their heavy clothing; but Siegfried took up his bow and quiver, and his heavy shield, and his beamlike spear.
From The Story of Siegfried by Baldwin, James
On the little porch sat a big man with grizzled whiskers, smoking a brier-wood pipe, his beamlike legs crossed and his arms folded as he moodily watched the launch.
From The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters by Hughes, Burton Donnel
Then they began to speculate on what the beamlike bolt was, who was in the plane, and if their enemy knew who Tom's group were.
From Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
