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cantilevered en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈkæntɪˌlivə(ɹ)d/ (UK)
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Meanings
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(not-comparable) Fitted with, or constituting, a cantilever; projecting out laterally from a wall or similar support and thus hanging without other supports.
The cantilevered shelf of crumbling concrete where my mother sits has been declared unsafe.
2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 31:
Deriveds
uncantilevered · noncantilevered
cantilevered en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈkæntɪˌlivə(ɹ)d/ (UK)
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Meanings
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(form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of cantilever