cantilever

CEFRC1

/ˈkantɪliːvə/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A beam fixed at one end and supporting weight at the other.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A technique, similar to the spread eagle, in which the skater travels along a deep edge with knees bent and bends their back backwards, parallel to the ice.

Examples

  • The bridge features a cantilever design that extends over the river.

  • The bridge had a long cantilever span.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkæntɪˌlivɚ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.

  2. A beam anchored at one end and used as a lever within a microelectromechanical system.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever.

More examples

In context

  • The architect designed a cantilever roof.

  • cantilever arch cantilever arm cantilever armchair cantilever beam cantilever bracket cantilever brake cantilever bridge cantilever crane cantilever fin cantilever frame cantilever girder cantilever landing gear cantilever moment cantilever monoplane cantilev...

  • cantilever circuit

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The bridge's blank extends horizontally, supported only at one end without external bracing.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

First attested in the 1660s, probably from cant (“slope, edge, corner”) + lever, but the earliest form (c. 1610) was cantlapper. First element may also be Spanish can (“dog”), an architect's term for an end of timber jutting out of a wall, on which beams rested.