gantry
A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around somethingA framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
» The plane crashed breaking road gantries and scaring the drivers.
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5 sensesA framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
Portal, Schilderbrücke (on motorway), Signalbrücke
сигна́льный мо́стикsignálʹnyj móstik, порта́лportál
сигна́льний місто́кsyhnálʹnyj mistók
a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.
A supporting framework for a barrel.
A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
(Singapore, broadly)A faregate or turnstile controlling the entry and exit of people at a location.
A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D imaging.
Examples
1 sentencesThe plane crashed breaking road gantries and scaring the drivers.
Translations
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Origin
From earlier gauntree, possibly from dialectal gaun (“gallon”) + tree, perhaps as a reinteFrom earlier gauntree, possibly from dialectal gaun (“gallon”) + tree, perhaps as a reinterpretation of Middle English *gaunter, from Old Northern French gantier, from Late Latin cantarium, from Latin canterius (“trellis, sort of frame”).
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Forms
plural: gantriesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.:gauntry
Word family
6 related wordsSee also
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