Rafter

Word RAFTER
Character 6
Hyphenation raft er
Pronunciations /ˈɹæftəɹ/

Definitions and meanings of "Rafter"

What do we mean by rafter?

One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.

A flock of turkeys.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Rafter

The word "rafter" in example sentences

Love the end of the pool .... very cool! kast on 03 Feb 2009 at 5: 58 pm # the steel beams and rafter is nice. its give an attractive visual point for me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There are no walls up here, just chunky rafters and a roof overhead (one rafter is inscribed with "2007," the year the truss system was built). ❋ Nancy McKeon (2010)

A huge man in rafter's dress, with a long pole, suddenly came from behind a tree. ❋ Cicely Hauff McDonnell (1903)

The very stones of thy palace built by rapine shall testify against thee (Lu 19: 40). the beam out of the timber -- the crossbeam or main rafter connecting the timbers in the walls. shall answer it -- namely, the stone. ❋ Unknown (1871)

I kept shooing her over the fence, thinking I was helping her to meet up with the flock (or "rafter") down the road. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I would not have finished high school, probably I would have sailed -- on a wooden door -- during the rafter crisis, or I would have sunk into conformity with no horizons. ❋ Yoani Sanchez (2011)

Fortunately I built an octagon house to slip through the wind and to withstand it with integral shear walls, thick and wide earthquake foundation footers, hurricane rafter ties, a 140 mph roof and a backup generator. ❋ Stephen Herrington (2011)

Log in to Reply rafter (UID#2692) on November 9th, 2009 at 2: 16 pm probably trying to be a panda, not mickey. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Log in to Reply rafter (UID#2692) on October 28th, 2009 at 7: 35 am ❋ Unknown (2009)

Diaz was the first Cuban '' truck-o-naut, '' using a modified 1948 Buick to try to escape the island with his family during the 1994 Cuban rafter crisis. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He even asked for constructive criticism and Gerald was pleased to show him “a better system of rafter soffit tails, that he can use on other sites.” ❋ Annie Proulx (2011)

I have been pummeled by blind nuns in Costa Rica, trammeled by a galloping male masseur hanging from a rafter in China, I've been to strange shady little strip mall parlors and glam spas that gave me cucumber water. ❋ Kirsten Dixon (2011)

"So my wife says, 'Why don't we go to New York?'" said Mr. Neeson, who was busy setting up rafter poles. ❋ Barry Newman (2011)

He folded in his wings, giving a great bodily shudder, and leapt down from the rafter down to the floor. ❋ Jill Myles (2011)

Brock's method, as explained in a voice-over in his online tutorial, was to climb away from opponents and hide along a rafter. ❋ Conor Dougherty (2012)

A length of rope, long enough for wrists, too short to throw over a rafter. ❋ David Ackley (2011)

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