"cantilever" in the noun sense
1. cantilever
projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
"cantilever" in the verb sense
1. cantilever
project as a cantilever
2. cantilever
construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed
"Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings"
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