Balken — meaning in English

English meaning

• arbor noun A shaded garden structure covered with climbing plants, used as a place to sit.
• balk noun A strip of land left unploughed between fields.
• bar noun A place that sells alcoholic drinks to be consumed on the premises, or the counter inside it.
• beam noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
• fess verb To admit or confess to something, usually after some hesitation.
• girder noun A large horizontal beam, made of steel, wood or concrete, that supports a building or structure.
• joist noun A long beam of wood or steel fixed across a gap to support a floor or ceiling.
• rail noun A horizontal bar used as a support or barrier, or one of the metal bars that trains run on.
• timber noun Wood that has been cut and prepared for building.

Senses

Balken is used for these senses in English:

• arbor A bar for supporting cutting tools.
• balk Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".
• bar A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
• beam (nautical) 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).
• fess (heraldiccharge) A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.
• girder A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
• joist A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.
• rail A horizontal piece of wood that serves to separate sections of a door or window.

arbor — full definition

1. noun A shaded garden structure covered with climbing plants, used as a place to sit.
2. noun A rotating shaft or spindle in a machine, such as a lathe, that supports a moving part.

balk — full definition

1. noun A strip of land left unploughed between fields.
2. noun The wall of soil left standing at the side of a dig.
3. noun A large squared piece of timber used as a beam in building, for example to hold up a loft.
4. noun Something that stops or disappoints someone; an obstacle.

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