portal frame

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noun

civil engineering building trades a frame, usually of steel, consisting of two uprights and a cross beam at the top: the simplest structural unit in a framed building or a doorway

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Words nearby portal frame

Portage la Prairie, Portakabin, portal, Port Alberni, portal circulation, portal frame, portal system, portal-to-portal, portal-to-portal pay, portal vein, portamento

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