1. Projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only

1. Project as a cantilever 
2. Construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed
   "Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings"

Derived forms: cantilevered, cantilevers, cantilevering

Type of: beam, build, construct, jut, jut out, make, project, protrude, stick out

Encyclopedia: Cantilever

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