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JOIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does joist mean? 

JOIST (noun)
  The noun JOIST has 1 sense:

1. beam used to support floors or roofsplay

  Familiarity information: JOIST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


JOIST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Beam used to support floors or roofs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("joist" is a kind of...):

beam (long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "joist"):

floor joist (joist that supports a floor)

trimmer; trimmer joist (joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc.)


 Context examples 


They had scarce reached it, however, ere they found that the wooden joists and planks of the flooring were already on fire.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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