Definitions For Cantilever

noun

  • Projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
  • A long piece of wood, metal, etc., that sticks out from a wall or other structure to support something above it (such as a balcony or bridge)

verb

  • Construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed
  • Project as a cantilever
  • To support (something) with a cantilever
  • To extend out over an area

Is Cantilever a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
15
Words with Friends
19

The word Cantilever is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Cantilever in a Sentence

  • The porch is supported by steel cantilevers.
  • The balcony cantilevers over the terrace below.

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