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
There are lane arrows in some of the floorboards while original lane numbers are painted on the basement girders of the back-of-house spaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
The final box girders were swung into place at the end of 1963, covered in the Union Flag and Lion Rampant to mark the occasion.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2024
The metal girders looked like dull gray clay in the rain.
From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart
