cantilevered

English

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkæntɪˌlivə(ɹ)d/
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Verb

cantilevered

  1. simple past and past participle of cantilever

Adjective

cantilevered (not comparable)

  1. Fitted with, or constituting, a cantilever; projecting out laterally from a wall or similar support and thus hanging without other supports.
    • 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 31:
      The cantilevered shelf of crumbling concrete where my mother sits has been declared unsafe.
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