joist
noun
any of a number of small, parallel beams of timber, steel, reinforced concrete, etc., for supporting floors, ceilings, or the like.
joisted
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past participleof joist.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof joist.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
joistnounany of a number of small, parallel beams of timber, steel, reinforced concrete, etc., for supporting floors, ceilings, or the like.
Example Sentences
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She is a tank ribbed, joisted, stayed, but she is no greater mystery than a tank.
From Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad
The tunnel vault and the joisted ceiling were equally well suited to the long galleries of Assyrian palaces.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong
