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Multi-word Results
| balance beam |
a long wooden horizontal beam raised about four feet above the floor, on which women gymnasts perform various balancing routines. [2 definitions] |
| beam-ends |
the ends of the crossbeams of a ship. |
| high beam |
the brighter, farther-reaching setting for the headlights of a vehicle. |
| I-beam |
a steel beam, used for construction, whose cross section resembles the capital letter I in shape. |
| low beam |
the dimmer setting for the headlights on a vehicle, providing short-range illumination. |
| on her beam-ends |
of a ship, tipping so far to one side as to be nearly capsizing. |
| particle beam |
a stream of atomic or subatomic particles projected at extremely high speed and used in research, as into nuclear reactions, or in military weaponry. |
| tie beam |
a horizontal beam used to connect two structural members, as in a roof truss. |
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