beam
noun
/biːm/
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- (structural) Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- (structural) One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.
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balk,
biels
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- (nautical) One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.
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balk
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- (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam).
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balk,
ploegboom,
breedte
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- (physics) A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
- (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
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straal,
bundel
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- (agricultural) The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.
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ploegboom
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- (literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.
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dissel
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beam
verb
/biːm/
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- (ambitransitive) To emit beams of light; to shine; to radiate.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
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stralen
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