girder
noun
a large beam, as of steel, reinforced concrete, or timber, for supporting masonry, joists, purlins, etc.
girders
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pluralof girder.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Starting in 2023, they tore out its center and moved steel girders until they resembled Swiss cheese.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Masonry, metal girders and piles of sand are everywhere along the pavements.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
Men looking out over the city from balconies or gazing at it through the crisscrossed steel girders of a bridge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
Meanwhile, South King County motorists should beware of overnight shutdowns of I-5 this weekend, while contractors lift 10 bridge girders above the freeway at South 216th Street, as part of a Highway 509 extension project.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
And indeed, it was a giant robot pelican, three stories high, made of steel and girders, currently swallowing the white panels of the ceiling in its massive steel and girder beak.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
