American English pronunciation
How to pronounce rafters
IPA transcription: ['ɹæftɚz]
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Noun
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one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
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someone who travels by raft
Verb
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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.