| Main Entry: | stanchion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pole |
Synonyms: |
beam, bolster, brace, framework, post, prop, stay, support, upright |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | length of material used as support |
Synonyms: |
axle, bail, balk, bolster, boom, brace, cantilever, column, crossbar, crosspiece, girder, jamb, joist, lath, lintel, pile, piling, pillar, plank, pole, post, prop, rafter, reach, scaffolding, scantling, shaft, sill, spar, stanchion, stay, stringer, strip, strut, stud, timber, transverse, trestle, two-by-four |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Main Entry: | brace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support |
Synonyms: |
arm, band, bar, bearing, block, bolster, boom, bracer, bracket, buttress, cantilever, clamp, girder, grip, guy, lever, mainstay, peg, prop, rafter, reinforcement, rib, shore, skid, splice, splint, staff, stanchion, stave, stay, stirrup, strengthener, strut, sustainer, truss, underpinning, vice |
| Main Entry: | buttress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brace, support |
Synonyms: |
abutment, column, mainstay, pier, prop, reinforcement, shore, stanchion, stay, strut, underpinning |
| Main Entry: | picket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | post of structure |
Synonyms: |
pale, paling, palisade, panel, peg, pillar, rail, stake, stanchion, upright |
| Main Entry: | pillar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | column of building, or freestanding column |
Synonyms: |
colonnade, mast, obelisk, pedestal, pier, pilaster, piling, post, prop, shaft, stanchion, support, tower, upright |
| Main Entry: | prop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support |
Synonyms: |
aid, assistance, brace, buttress, column, mainstay, post, shore, stanchion, stay, strengthener, strut, truss, underpinning |
| Main Entry: | stay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | support, underpinning |
Synonyms: |
brace, buttress, column, hold, prop, reinforcement, shore, shoring, stanchion, truss, underpropping |
| Main Entry: | support |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that holds up structure |
Synonyms: |
abutment, agency, back, backing, base, bed, bedding, block, brace, buttress, collar, column, cornerstone, device, flotation, foothold, footing, foundation, fulcrum, groundwork, guide, hold, lining, means, medium, pillar, platform, pole, post, prop, rampart, reinforcement, rest, rib, rod, shore, stake, stanchion, stave, stay, stiffener, stilt, substratum, substructure, sustentation, timber, underpinning |
| Main Entry: | rafter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beam |
Synonyms: |
axle, bail, balk, bolster, boom, brace, cantilever, column, crossbar, crosspiece, girder, jamb, joist, lath, lintel, pile, piling, pillar, plank, pole, post, prop, reach, scaffolding, scantling, shaft, sill, spar, stanchion, stay, stringer, strip, strut*, stud*, timber, transverse, trestle, two-by-four |