The heavy stone lintel above the main doorway was carved with the family's crest.
Source: tatoeba (13565827)
Lintel
//ˈlɪn.təl//
Synonyms for "lintel" (47 found)
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62 translations across 34 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- φλιᾶς noun (horizontal structural beam)
- ὑπερθύριον noun (horizontal structural beam)
Asturian
3 entries- cargaderu noun (horizontal structural beam)
- llintel noun (horizontal structural beam)
- sobrepuerta noun (horizontal structural beam)
Breton
1 entries- gourin noun (horizontal structural beam)
Bulgarian
1 entries- трегер noun (horizontal structural beam)
Catalan
1 entries- llinda noun (horizontal structural beam)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 橫楣子 /横楣子 noun (horizontal structural beam)
- 過梁 noun (horizontal structural beam)
- 門斗 /门斗 noun (horizontal structural beam)
- 門楣 /门楣 noun (horizontal structural beam)
Czech
1 entries- překlad noun (horizontal structural beam)
Dutch
1 entries- latei noun (horizontal structural beam)
Esperanto
1 entries- lintelo noun (horizontal structural beam)
Estonian
1 entries- sillus noun (horizontal structural beam)
Finnish
1 entries- kamana noun (horizontal structural beam)
French
1 entries- linteau noun (horizontal structural beam)
Galician
2 entries- lintel noun (horizontal structural beam)
- lumieira noun (horizontal structural beam)
German
2 entries- Oberschwelle noun (horizontal structural beam)
- Sturz noun (horizontal structural beam)
Greek
3 entries- ανώφλι noun (horizontal structural beam)
- πρέκι noun (horizontal structural beam)
- υπέρθυρο noun (horizontal structural beam)
Hungarian
1 entries- szemöldökfa noun (horizontal structural beam)
Icelandic
2 entries- dyratré noun (horizontal structural beam)
- ofdyri noun (horizontal structural beam)
Irish
1 entries- fardoras noun (horizontal structural beam)
Italian
1 entries- piattabanda noun (horizontal structural beam)
Japanese
1 entries- 鴨居 noun (horizontal structural beam)
Kazakh
1 entries- маңдайша noun (horizontal structural beam)
Macedonian
2 entries- надвратник noun (horizontal structural beam)
- натпрозорник noun (horizontal structural beam)
Māori
3 entries- kārupe noun (horizontal structural beam)
- kōrupe noun (horizontal structural beam)
- taupoki noun (horizontal structural beam)
Norwegian
4 entries- dekkstein noun (horizontal structural beam)
- dekning noun (horizontal structural beam)
- overdekning noun (horizontal structural beam)
- overligger over noun (horizontal structural beam)
Polish
1 entries- nadproże noun (horizontal structural beam)
Portuguese
1 entries- lintel noun (horizontal structural beam)
Romanian
2 entries- buiandrug noun (horizontal structural beam)
- lintou noun (horizontal structural beam)
Russian
1 entries- при́толока noun (horizontal structural beam)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- àrd-doras noun (horizontal structural beam)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- greda noun (horizontal structural beam)
- nadvratnik noun (horizontal structural beam)
Spanish
3 entries- dintel noun (horizontal structural beam)
- lindel noun (horizontal structural beam)
- lintel noun (horizontal structural beam)
Swedish
4 entries- dörrbalk noun (horizontal structural beam)
- dörrträ noun (horizontal structural beam)
- fönsterbalk noun (horizontal structural beam)
- överstycke noun (horizontal structural beam)
Turkish
1 entries- lento noun (horizontal structural beam)
Welsh
3 entries- capan noun (horizontal structural beam)
- gwarddrws noun (horizontal structural beam)
- lintel noun (horizontal structural beam)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
In older buildings, a wooden lintel can sometimes sag or rot, requiring replacement.
Source: tatoeba (13565829)
The architect specified a steel I-beam to act as the lintel to support the brickwork over the large window opening.
Source: tatoeba (13565831)
Athelny had told him that he lived in a house built by Inigo Jones; he had raved, as he raved over everything, over the balustrade of old oak; and when he came down to open the door for Philip he made him at once admire the elegant carving of the lintel.
Source: wiktionary
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