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Tie Beam

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Noun

1. tie, tie beam

a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating

Example Sentences:
'he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tie Beam

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noun
a horizontal beam that serves to prevent two other structural members from separating, esp one that connects two corresponding rafters in a roof or roof truss

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Tie Beam

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a horizontal beam serving as a tie (sense 15)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tie Beam

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n.
A horizontal beam forming the base of a triangular truss for a pitched roof, connecting the two side walls and supporting a pair of principals.

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