Mary tried to smither her way out of the dark basement but hit her head on the rafter and fainted.
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Rafter
//ˈɹɑːftə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "rafter" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
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8 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 54 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- tra noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- στρωτήρ noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Armenian
1 entries- ծպեղ noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Bulgarian
1 entries- мертек noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Catalan
3 entries- biga noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- jàssena noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- jàssera noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- کاریتە noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 椽 noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- 椽子 noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Czech
1 entries- krokev noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Dalmatian
1 entries- trua noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Danish
2 entries- spær noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- tagspær noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Dutch
1 entries- dakspant noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĉevrono noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Estonian
1 entries- sarikas noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Finnish
2 entries- selkäpuu noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- yläpaarre noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
French
1 entries- chevron noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Galician
2 entries- cango noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- tesoira noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
German
2 entries- Sparren noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- Tilbaum noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Hawaiian
2 entries- kua noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- oʻa noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Hungarian
2 entries- szarufa noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- tetőgerenda noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Irish
1 entries- rachta noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Italian
3 entries- passafuori noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- puntone noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- trave noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Japanese
1 entries- 垂木 noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tīuthùap kîe noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Kikuyu
1 entries- mũitĩrĩro noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Korean
1 entries- 서까래 noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Latin
1 entries- trabs noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Lithuanian
1 entries- gegnė noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Macedonian
3 entries- скеле noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- сплав noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- чатма noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Malay
1 entries- kasau noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Mansaka
1 entries- kasaw noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Middle English
1 entries- sparre noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Māori
3 entries- heke noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- nehe noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- oka noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Norman
1 entries- crévon noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- karîte noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Occitan
1 entries- cabiron noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Old English
1 entries- ræfter noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مرتك noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Persian
1 entries- فرسپ noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Plautdietsch
3 entries- Baulkjen noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- Dakspoa noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- Spoa noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Polish
1 entries- krokiew noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Portuguese
3 entries- caibro noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- trave noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- viga noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Rarotongan
1 entries- oka noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Romanian
1 entries- căprior noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Russian
2 entries- ба́лка noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- стропи́ло noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cabar noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Spanish
2 entries- jácena noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- viga noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Swedish
2 entries- sparre noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- taksparre noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Tagalog
1 entries- balakilan noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Tamil
2 entries- கை noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- கைமரம் noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Telugu
1 entries- వాసము noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Thai
1 entries- จันทัน noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Turkish
1 entries- mertek noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кроква noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Welsh
2 entries- ceibren noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
- tulath noun (one of a series of sloped beams)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The curvilinear roof gives beauty to the design as well as affording more head room inside than the ordinary straight rafter.
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The fire reached the rafter.
Source: tatoeba (13589142)
[…] the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters
Source: wiktionary
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