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girder

[gur-der] / ˈgɜr dər /
NOUN
main support beam
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And indeed, it was a giant robot pelican, three stories high, made of steel and girders, currently swallowing the white panels of the ceiling in its massive steel and girder beak.

From Literature

Starting in 2023, they tore out its center and moved steel girders until they resembled Swiss cheese.

From The Wall Street Journal

Masonry, metal girders and piles of sand are everywhere along the pavements.

From Barron's

There are lane arrows in some of the floorboards while original lane numbers are painted on the basement girders of the back-of-house spaces.

From Los Angeles Times

A short while later, in the shade of the metal girders, the Director of the Railway Authority's Construction Preparation Department Pavel Paidar shook his head in disagreement.

From BBC