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English noun: cantilever | |||
| 1. | cantilever (artifact) projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beam | ||
English verb: cantilever | |||
| 1. | cantilever (stative) project as a cantilever | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | jut, jut out, project, protrude, stick out | ||
| 2. | cantilever (creation) construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed | ||
| Samples | Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | build, construct, make | ||
| Domain category | architecture | ||
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