Look up: joist

1. Joist
   Wall-to-wall timber beams to support floor boards.
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2. joist
   [n] - beam used to support floors or roofs
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3. Joist
   timber stretched from wall-to-wall to support floorboards
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4. Joist
   Horizontal wood framing member set from wall to wall to support the boards of a floor or ceiling. See also: Ceiling Attenuation Class.
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5. Joist
   Support for floor and ceiling
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6. Joist
   Any beams set parallel from wall to wall or across girders which support a ceiling or floor.
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7. Joist
   Any beams set parallel from wall to wall or across girders which support a floor or ceiling
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8. Joist
   A beam that supports a ceiling or floor.
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9. Joist
   A beam that supports a ceiling or floor.
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10. Joist
    A particular form of I Section.
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11. joist
    a length of square-sawn timber,generally of a depth more than twice its thickness,set edgewise and generally spanning horizontally between supports(e.g.walls,columns)so as to carry flooring,a ceiling or other transverse load Category: Building industry • a horizontal structural member re...
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12. Joist
    1. A horizontal beam, generally one of the beams used to support flooring or a ceiling. 2. A rolled steel beam of I section, known as a rolled steel joist (RSJ).
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13. Joist
    A horizontal wooden or metal beam (such as a RSJ) used to support a structure such as a floor, ceiling or wall.
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14. Joist
    Joist (joist) noun [ Middle English giste , Old French giste , French gîte , from gesir to lie, French gésir . See Gist .] (Architecture) A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which th...
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15. Joist
    Joist transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Joisted ; present participle & verbal noun Joisting .] To fit or furnish with joists. Johnson.
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16. joist
    noun beam used to support floors or roofs
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17. Joist
    • (n.) A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor...
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18. joist
    ceiling or floor support in building construction. Joists—of timber, steel, or reinforced concrete—are laid in a parallel series across or abutting ... [3 related articles]
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19. Joist
    In architecture a joist is a piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed. The joints are called varying names according to their position or use, a binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming
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20. Joist
    - Wooden 2 X 8's, 10's, or 12's that run parallel to one another and support a floor or ceiling, and supported in turn by larger beams, girders, or bearing walls.
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21. JOIST
    The horizontal framing members that support the floors.
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22. Joist
    A structural load-carrying member with an open web system which supports floors and roofs utilizing hot-rolled or cold-formed steel and is designed as a simple span member.
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23. joist
    One of a series of timber beams used to support the floor boards or ceiling of a building
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24. Joist
    A structural, load-carrying building member with an open web system that supports floors and roofs utilizing wood or specific steels and is designed as a simple span member.
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25. Joist
    A `joist,` in architecture and engineering, is one of the horizontal supporting members that run from wall to wall, wall to beam, or beam to beam to support a ceiling, roof, or floor. It may be made of wood, steel, or concrete. Typically, a beam is bigger than, and is thus distinguished from, a jois...
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