BEAM
/biːm/
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
B(3) E(1) A(1) M(3)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/biːm/
noun
- Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
- One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones.
- The maximum width of a vessel (note that a vessel with a beam of 15 foot can also be said to be 15 foot abeam)“This ship has more beam than that one.”
verb
- To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.“to beam forth light”
- To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
- To furnish or supply with beams
Source: Wiktionary
