Defenition of the word rafter

• Defenition of the word rafter

  • One of several parallel sloping beams that extend from the ridge to the wall-plate, to support the roof and its associated loads; the sloping top member of a roof truss, which carries the purlins.
  • provide with rafters, as of ceilings
  • one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
  • someone who travels by raft
  • provide (a ceiling) with rafters

Synonyms for the word rafter

• • bait
  • balk
  • baulk
  • beam
  • girder
  • joist
  • make fun of
  • roof beam
  • strut
  • support
  • taunt
  • tease

Similar words in the rafter

• • rafter
  • rafter's
  • rafters

Hypernyms for the word rafter

• • beam
  • furnish
  • provide
  • render
  • supply
  • traveler
  • traveller

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