iron beam

collocation in English

meaningsofironandbeam

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iron
adjective[before noun]
uk
/aɪən/us
/aɪrn/
very strong physically, mentally, ...
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beam
noun[C]
uk
/biːm/us
/biːm/
a line of light that shines from a ...
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(Definition ofironandbeamfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Among its engineering features were an early tunnel, a castironbeambridge and an outstanding timber viaduct on masonry piers.
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The cast iron columns did not support each longitudinal rolledironbeam- but supported a capital that held a cross beam.
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The bridge failed because a castironbeamwas used to support the loads of passing trains.
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A tree or leafy branch is placed on the topmost wood orironbeam, often with flags and streamers tied to it.
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A castironbeamgirder bridge was used here to save headway in the street below the line.
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The floor of varnished boards was supported on iron beams and insulated from the basement with sawdust between timber joists.
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He probably used iron columns to reduce obstruction to vision, and he may well have used some iron beams as well, for vertical space was at a premium.
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The body had an internal frame of steel angle iron beams to which 5.5mm in armor plates were riveted.
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For the first time in temple architectural history iron beams find their first use.
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The building structure is of curved wrought iron and glass supported by cast iron beams resting on ornate columns, surmounted on masonry foundations.
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Massive iron beams support the auditorium above it.
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There were also numerous building collapses caused by fracture of brittle cast iron beams.
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The building has a hybrid structure combining a frame - iron beams, girders and two sets of columns per floor - and bearing walls brick.
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It was assembled from a framework of steel angle iron beams, to which armor plates between 12and6mm in thick were riveted.
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The timber frame of the unified building was at some point reinforced with iron beams.
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Iron beams were used and the roofs were made of concrete and roof tiles.
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The composite hull, with structural members of iron covered with wooden planking, was especially suitable for the addition of tanks, because they could be firmly fastened to the iron beams.
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