HAMMER-BEAM

Definition: HAMMER-BEAM

HAMMER-BEAM

Noun

1. A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Usage Frequency: HAMMER-BEAM

"HAMMER-BEAM" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "HAMMER-BEAM" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Modern Translations: HAMMER-BEAM

Language		Translations for "hammer-beam"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		ammer-beamhay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: HAMMER-BEAM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-h-m-m-m-r"
	-3 letters: maremma, maremme.
	-4 letters: ambeer, amebae, brahma, hammer, hareem, hemmer, hermae, mammae, mammee, mammer, member.
	-5 letters: abeam, amber, ameba, ameer, areae, berme, bream, embar, ember, emmer, harem, herma, mamba, mamma, ramee, rehab, rehem.
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