cantilever

Meanings

Noun

projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.
A beam anchored at one end and used as a lever within a microelectromechanical system.
A technique, similar to the spread eagle, in which the skater travels along a deep edge with knees bent and bends their back backwards, parallel to the ice.

Verb

project as a cantilever
construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed
- "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings"
To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever.

Origin / Etymology

First attested in the 1660s, probably from cant (“slope, edge, corner”) + lever, but the earliest form (c. 1610) was cantlapper. First element may also be Spanish can (“dog”), an architect's term for an end of timber jutting out of a wall, on which beams rested.

Scrabble Score: 15

cantilever is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
cantilever is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cantilever is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

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