Meaning of box girder | Babel Free
Definitions
A steel beam with a hollow rectangular cross section; used for constructing bridges etc.
Equivalents
Suomi
kotelopalkki
Examples
“The Britannia Tubular Bridge is immediately west of Menai Bridge Station on the Holyhead main line. In design it consists of two continuous box girders of rectangular cross section, one for each track. It was opened in 1850.”
“An all-welded, box section underframe, incorporating box girders which run the full length of the locomotive, is welded to stress-bearing bodysides with partition walls forming reinforcing cross members.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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