Meaning of Joist | Babel Free
d͡ʒɔɪstDefinitions
A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.
Equivalents
العربية
العارضة
Bosanski
nosnik
Deutsch
Balken
Bug
Dachbalken
Deckenbalken
Holzbalken
Querbalken
Schwelle
Tragbalken
Träger
Unterzug
Français
solive
Gaeilge
giarsa
Hrvatski
nosnik
Magyar
gerenda
Bahasa Indonesia
kasau
한국어
梲
Kurdî
tram
Bahasa Melayu
gelegar
Српски
nosnik
Examples
“[…] a Family was infected there, in so terrible a Manner that every one of the House died; the last⟳ Person lay⟳ dead on the Floor, and as it is supposed, had laid her self all along to die⟳ just before the Fire; the Fire, it seems had fallen from its Place⟳, being of Wood, and had taken hold⟳ of the Boards and the Joists they lay⟳ on, and burnt as far as just to the Body, but had not taken hold⟳ of the dead Body […]”
“There are generally forty-two teeth in all; in old whales, much worn down, but undecayed; nor filled after our artificial fashion. The jaw is afterwards sawn into slabs, and piled away like⟳ joists for building houses.”
“A formidable wooden beam, resting on four pillars, which appeared to have⟳ bent under the weight of the decrepit house, had been encrusted with as many coats of different paint⟳ as there are of rouge on an old duchess’s cheek. In the middle of this broad and fantastically carved joist there was an old painting representing a cat playing rackets.”
“[…] even the carpenters who made her over for the service had not thought her worth the trouble⟳, and had done their worst by her. The new partitions were hung to the joists by a few nails.”
“Once the floor joists were in position, the framing of the next storey could continue⟳, with a bressummer laid along their ends.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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