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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