ба́лка — meaning in English

English meaning

• balk noun A strip of land left unploughed between fields.
• beam noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
• crossbeam noun A large beam that lies across and supports other beams at right angles to them.
• girder noun A large horizontal beam, made of steel, wood or concrete, that supports a building or structure.
• rafter noun One of the angled wooden beams that hold up a roof.
• summer noun The warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn.
• timber noun Wood that has been cut and prepared for building.

Senses

ба́лка is used for these senses in English:

• 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".
• beam (nautical) One of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid, and acting as part of the support for keeping the sides of the vessel in shape — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones; cf. abeam, beam-ends.
• 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).
• crossbeam A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.
• girder A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
• rafter (architecture) One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.
• summer (architecture) A horizontal beam supporting a building.
• timber (countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.

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.

beam — full definition

1. noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
2. noun A ray or narrow stream of light.
3. noun A wide, happy smile.
4. verb To smile broadly and happily.
5. verb To send out light, or to transmit signals or data wirelessly.

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