GIRDER in a Sentence

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1. The bridge is reinforced with huge steel girders.
2. The girders supporting the bridge will corrode so gradually that no one suspects any danger in future 10 years.
3. Discovery astronauts spent six and a half hours today unhooking a huge girder from the backbone of the International Space Station.

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 Meanings and Examples of GIRDER
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girder
 n.  beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as main horizontal support in building
Classic Sentence:
1  Iron clamps and girders, fire-proof from top to bottom; mechanical lifts for the housemaids, with all their brushes and brooms; everything that heart could desire.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III
Example Sentence:
1  Discovery astronauts spent six and a half hours today unhooking a huge girder from the backbone of the International Space Station.
2  The girders supporting the bridge will corrode so gradually that no one suspects any danger in future 10 years.
3  The bridge is reinforced with huge steel girders.