American English pronunciation

How to pronounce rafters

IPA transcription: ['ɹæftɚz]

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Noun

  • one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof

  • someone who travels by raft

Verb

  • provide (a ceiling) with rafters

Usage examples

  • It was placed in storage and never returned to the rafters.
  • John Muller also discusses a one-sixth taper for rafters.
  • Please find the Packed to the Rafters work.
  • The roof and rafters do not use any bolts.
  • The bonds were issued and sold and the money pocketed by early grafters.
  • Three men move across construction rafters on a building.