Beam

//biːm//

Synonyms for "beam" (392 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (117)

cord cordwood crack a smile crank crossbeam crosstie crow crowbar crt spot dance daze dazzle deal delight derriere die with delight diffuse light direct direct signal display

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Noun(3 words)

electron beam irradiation light beam

Verb(2 words)

glow light up

Related words (196)

multilaterality newscast output pulse output signal outrigger panelboard paneling panelwork parts patch peavey pedal pencil photoemission photon picture picture carrier pier pier buttress pinch bar

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pip pips plank planking plate girder plyboard plywood pole post posterior prize profile pry puncheon purr pylon quarter racon radar beacon radar signal radiate radiate cheer radiation radio radio beacon radio beam radio-frequency amplifier radio-frequency signal radio-frequency stage radiobroadcast radiorays rafter rampart ray ray of light reading rear reflected signal reflection retaining wall return return beam return signal rf amplifier rf echoes rf signal rf stage ribbon ribbon of light ridge strut ridgepole ripping bar romp rump sardonic grin scale scanning beam seat seawall send send out rays shaft shake sheathing sheathing board sheeting shine brightly shingle ship shoot shoot out rays shore shortwave shortwave signal shoulder side sideboard siding sign off sign on signal signal display sill simper sing skip slab slat sleeper smile brightly smiling smirk softwood solar rays sound carrier span spar sparkle splat sportscast spot spread sprit stave stern stick stick of wood stovewood streak stream stream of light streamer stringpiece strut stud studding stupid grin summer summertree support synchronizing signal take great satisfaction target image teleport television channel temple three-by-four tie tie beam timber timbering timberwork toothful grin trace transmitter signal transom transverse trave traverse tread on air treadle trestle truss truss beam tv band two-by-four ultraviolet ray unidirectional signal unilaterality vertical synchronizing pulse video signal violet ray voltage pulse weatherboard whistle wideness width wind cone wind indicator wind sock wireless wood working beam wrecking bar x ray

Verb(4 words)

radiate send shine transmit

Noun(7 words)

radio beam ray ray of light shaft shaft of light walking beam working beam

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

15 relation types

More general

33 entries

air appear bare breadth electromagnetic radiation electromagnetic wave emit evince exerciser experience express feel give off give out gymnastic apparatus light

Showing 16 of 33 words.

More specific

5 entries

H-beam I-beam T-beam back beam fore beam

Synonyms

12 entries

air balance beam baulk beam feather breadth give glow radio beam shine smile transmit working beam

Related terms

1 entries

stick

at location

13 entries

barn bridge building building to support ceiling construction site gym house large building metal shop new construction roof warehouse

capable of

1 entries

ray of light

created by

1 entries

cutting wood

derived

140 entries

Airy beam Beam Bridge Bessel beam Gaussian beam abeam airbeam balance beam beam and scales beam compass beam engine beam hole beam reach beam sea beam splitter beam steering beam tracing

Showing 16 of 140 words.

has context

9 entries

currying literary music nautical railway science fiction ship textiles weaving

is a

12 entries

architectural structure electromagnetic radiation light piece side structural member structural support support structure thick rod three dimensional rectangle width wooden ceiling support

manner of

2 entries

express smile

part of

1 entries

gymnastics

receives action

1 entries

used in construction

related to

88 entries

anchor antler balance balance rod broadly building building construction carriage cheerfully collection colter construction crank crossbar cylinder deck

Showing 16 of 88 words.

used for

20 entries

build house build structure building buildings building skyscrapers constructing buildings hold joining two structures horizontally lighting scene magnify light scan shine shining light on structural support support support floor support floor or roof

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Translations

277 translations across 80 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

balk noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Albanian

3 entries

koll noun (bar of a plow)
rreze noun (large piece of timber or iron)
shtijë noun (bar of a plow)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

δοκός noun (large piece of timber or iron)
δοκός noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
ἀκτίς noun (ray)

Arabic

3 entries

خَشَبَة noun (large piece of timber or iron)
شُعَاع noun (ray)
كمرَة noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)

Armenian

4 entries

գերան noun (large piece of timber or iron)
ճաճանչ noun (ray)
ճառագայթ noun (ray)
շող noun (ray)

Ashkun

1 entries

kaṭë noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

balka noun (large piece of timber or iron)
diniş noun (large piece of timber or iron)
dirək noun (large piece of timber or iron)
tir noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Bashkir

1 entries

нур noun (ray)

Bavarian German

3 entries

Baam noun (large piece of timber or iron)
Baam noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
Baam noun (transverse member of a ship's frame)

Belarusian

4 entries

брус noun (large piece of timber or iron)
бэлька noun (large piece of timber or iron)
бэлька noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
перакладзіна noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)

Breton

1 entries

lazh noun (bar of a plow)

Bulgarian

4 entries

балансьор noun (crossbar of a balance)
бимс noun (maximum width of a vessel)
греда noun (large piece of timber or iron)
лъч noun (ray)

Catalan

1 entries

cameta noun (bar of a plow)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

光束 noun (ray)
光線 /光线 noun (ray)
射線 /射线 noun (ray)
梁 noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Czech

4 entries

břevno noun (large piece of timber or iron)
oj noun (pole of a carriage)
paprsek noun (ray)
trám noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Dalmatian

1 entries

trua noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Danish

4 entries

bjælke noun (large piece of timber or iron)
bjælke noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
drager noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
stråle verb (to emit light)

Dutch

4 entries

balk noun (large piece of timber or iron)
balk noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
balk noun (connector of notes)
biels noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Esperanto

2 entries

radio noun (ray)
trabo noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Farefare

1 entries

bãraaga noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)

Finnish

4 entries

aisa noun (pole of a carriage)
kiertokanki noun (working beam)
leveys noun (maximum width of a vessel)
orsi noun (crossbar of a balance)

French

4 entries

age noun (bar of a plow)
faisceau noun (ray)
lien noun (connector of notes)
ligature noun (connector of notes)

Galician

4 entries

bao noun (transverse member of a ship's frame)
cabezalla noun (pole of a carriage)
cambón noun (principal stem of an antler)
lata noun (bar of a plow)

German

4 entries

Balken noun (large piece of timber or iron)
Balken noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
Balken noun (connector of notes)
Breite noun (maximum width of a vessel)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌰𐌽𐍃 noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Greek

4 entries

ακτίνα noun (ray)
δοκάρι noun (large piece of timber or iron)
ακτινοβολώ verb (to emit light)
ακτινοβολώ verb (to smile broadly)

Hebrew

2 entries

אֲלֻמָּה noun (ray)
קוֹרַת רֹחַב noun (transverse member of a ship's frame)

Hindi

2 entries

किरण noun (ray)
रश्मि noun (ray)

Hungarian

2 entries

gerenda noun (large piece of timber or iron)
sugár noun (ray)

Icelandic

2 entries

bjálki noun (large piece of timber or iron)
geisli noun (ray)

Ido

4 entries

radio noun (ray)
trabo noun (large piece of timber or iron)
trabo noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
traverso noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)

Indonesian

1 entries

balok noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Ingrian

1 entries

balkka noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)

Irish

2 entries

bíoma noun (large piece of timber or iron)
giarsa noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Italian

4 entries

architrave noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
asse noun (large piece of timber or iron)
barra timone noun (pole of a carriage)
braccio noun (crossbar of a balance)

Japanese

4 entries

ビーム noun (ray)
光線 noun (ray)
桁 noun (large piece of timber or iron)
梁 noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Kamkata-vari

1 entries

kaṭë noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Kikai

1 entries

桁 noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Korean

3 entries

광선 noun (ray)
빔 noun (ray)
빛줄기 noun (ray)

Kunigami

1 entries

桁 noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Latin

4 entries

bura noun (bar of a plow)
radius noun (ray)
tignum noun (large piece of timber or iron)
trabs noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Latvian

1 entries

sija noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)

Luxembourgish

2 entries

Dunn noun (large piece of timber or iron)
Stral noun (ray)

Malay

4 entries

alang noun (large piece of timber or iron)
alang noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
balak noun (large piece of timber or iron)
galang noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Miyako

1 entries

桁 noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Māori

4 entries

haeata noun (ray)
kauae noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
kauwae noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
kurupae noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Northern Amami Ōshima

1 entries

桁 noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

bjelke noun (large piece of timber or iron)
bjelke noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

bjelke noun (large piece of timber or iron)
bjelke noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)

Okinawan

1 entries

桁 noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Old Czech

1 entries

břevno noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Old Galician-Portuguese

1 entries

trave noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Old Slovak

1 entries

brvno noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

دیرك noun (large piece of timber or iron)
مرتك noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Persian

4 entries

بامه noun (ray)
تیرک noun (large piece of timber or iron)
شعاع noun (ray)
فرسپ noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Baulkjen noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)

Polish

4 entries

belka noun (large piece of timber or iron)
promień noun (ray)
belkować verb (to furnish with beams)
obelkować verb (to furnish with beams)

Portuguese

4 entries

apo noun (bar of a plow)
feixe noun (ray)
raio noun (ray)
temão noun (bar of a plow)

Prasuni

1 entries

këṭë noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Romanian

2 entries

grindă noun (large piece of timber or iron)
rază noun (ray)

Russian

4 entries

ба́лка noun (large piece of timber or iron)
ба́лка noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
бимс noun (transverse member of a ship's frame)
бревно́ noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Sanskrit

1 entries

अक्तु noun (ray)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

brvno noun (large piece of timber or iron)
greda noun (large piece of timber or iron)
брвно noun (large piece of timber or iron)
греда noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Slovak

1 entries

brvno noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Slovene

2 entries

tram noun (large piece of timber or iron)
žarek noun (ray)

Spanish

4 entries

jácena noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
manga noun (maximum width of a vessel)
radio noun (ray)
timón noun (bar of a plow)

Swahili

1 entries

boriti noun (transverse member of a ship's frame)

Swedish

4 entries

balk noun (large piece of timber or iron)
balk noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
bjälke noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
stråle noun (ray)

Tagalog

3 entries

barakilan noun (large piece of timber or iron)
sepo noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
sinag noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Tocharian B

1 entries

swāñco noun (ray)

Turkish

3 entries

kiriş noun (large piece of timber or iron)
kiriş noun (principal horizontal beam in a building)
ışın noun (ray)

Ukrainian

2 entries

ба́лка noun (large piece of timber or iron)
про́мінь noun (ray)

Uzbek

2 entries

sinch noun (large piece of timber or iron)
to'sim noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Vietnamese

1 entries

tia noun (ray)

Volapük

1 entries

bem noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Waigali

1 entries

kāṭa noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Welsh

2 entries

arnodd noun (bar of a plow)
paladr noun (ray)

Yaeyama

1 entries

桁 noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Yoron

1 entries

桁 noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Zazaki

2 entries

berq noun (ray)
qetil noun (large piece of timber or iron)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

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A beam of sunlight came through the clouds.

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This beam won't hold the weight of the second story.

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This lamp sends out a powerful beam.

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A beam of light through the window woke the professor up out of a deep sleep.

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Beam

Synonyms for "beam" (392 found)

Closest matches (79)

Strong matches (117)

Related words (196)

Related word relations

More general

More specific

Synonyms

Related terms

at location

capable of

created by

derived

has context

is a

manner of

part of

receives action

related to

used for

Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Ashkun

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Bavarian German

Belarusian

Breton

Bulgarian

Catalan

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Dalmatian

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Farefare

Finnish

French

Galician

German

Gothic

Greek

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kamkata-vari

Kikai

Korean

Kunigami

Latin

Latvian

Luxembourgish

Malay

Miyako

Māori

Northern Amami Ōshima

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Okinawan

Old Czech

Old Galician-Portuguese

Old Slovak

Ottoman Turkish

Persian

Plautdietsch

Polish

Portuguese