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rafter
('r/&/ft/@/r )

noun (n)

  • one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    balk, baulk
    source: wordnet30
  • someone who travels by raft(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    raftman, raftsman
    source: wordnet30
  • A raftsman.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • provide (a ceiling) with rafters(verb.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • To make into rafters, as timber.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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