| 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: | correspondent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person communicating in writing |
Synonyms: |
contributor, epistler, epistolarian, freelancer, gazetteer, journalist, letter writer, pen pal, reporter, stringer, writer |
| Main Entry: | journalist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who writes about factual events for a living |
Synonyms: |
announcer, broadcaster, columnist, commentator, contributor, correspondent, cub, editor, hack, media person, newspaper person, newsperson, pencil pusher, press, publicist, reporter, scribe, scrivener, stringer, television commentator, writer |
| Main Entry: | newsman/newswoman |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reporter |
Synonyms: |
anchor, anchor man/woman, anchor person, announcer, columnist, copy editor, correspondent, cub, editor, foreign correspondent, ink slinger, interviewer, investigative reporter, journalist, legman/woman, newscaster, newshound, newspaperman/woman, newswriter, pressman/ woman, stringer, war correspondent, writer |
| Main Entry: | reporter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who informs |
Synonyms: |
anchor, anchorperson, announcer, columnist, correspondent, cub, editor, ink slinger, interviewer, journalist, legperson, newscaster, newshound, newsperson, newswriter, press person, scribe, scrivener, stringer, writer |
| Main Entry: | writer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who composes with language |
Synonyms: |
author, biographer, columnist, contributor, correspondent, critic, dramatist, editor, essayist, freelancer, ghostwriter, journalist, newspaper person, novelist, person of letters, poet, reporter, screenwriter, scribbler, scribe, scripter, stenographer, stringer, wordsmith |
Antonyms: |
reader |
| Main Entry: | foreign correspondent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | journalist reporting from abroad |
Synonyms: |
correspondent, special correspondent, stringer, war correspondent |
| 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 |