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Meanings of Cantilevered:

adjective

(of a projecting beam or structure) fixed or supported at only one end.

Usage examples:

A cantilevered deck
verb

Support by a cantilever or cantilevers.

Usage examples:

A glass and stone box is cantilevered over the street

Meanings of Cantilevering:

verb

Support by a cantilever or cantilevers.

Usage examples:

A glass and stone box is cantilevered over the street
noun

A long projecting beam or girder fixed at only one end, used in bridge construction.

Usage examples:

Right up there, on the very summit of one of the three great double cantilevers of the forth bridge…

Meanings of Cantilevers:

noun

A long projecting beam or girder fixed at only one end, used in bridge construction.

Usage examples:

Right up there, on the very summit of one of the three great double cantilevers of the forth bridge…
verb

Support by a cantilever or cantilevers.

Usage examples:

A glass and stone box is cantilevered over the street

Meanings of Cantillate:

verb

Chant or intone (a passage of religious text).

Usage examples:

He cantillated the verses of the ancient avesta

Meanings of Cantillated:

verb

Chant or intone (a passage of religious text).

Usage examples:

He cantillated the verses of the ancient avesta

Meanings of Cantillating:

verb

Chant or intone (a passage of religious text).

Usage examples:

He cantillated the verses of the ancient avesta

Meanings of Cantina:

noun

(especially in a spanish-speaking country or the south-western us) a bar.

Usage examples:

The bars are doing a booming business and there are now some fifteen gay clubs, bars, cantinas and …

Meanings of Cantinas:

noun

(especially in a spanish-speaking country or the south-western us) a bar.

Usage examples:

The bars are doing a booming business and there are now some fifteen gay clubs, bars, cantinas and …

Meanings of Canting:

verb

Talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something.

Usage examples:

If they'd stop canting about ‘honest work’ they might get somewhere
noun

Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature.

Usage examples:

He had no time for the cant of the priests about sin

Meanings of Cantle:

noun

The raised curved part at the back of a horse's saddle.

Usage examples:

Failure of tack was not uncommon as well, with saddle cantles breaking and harness straps failing.

Meanings of Cantles:

noun

The raised curved part at the back of a horse's saddle.

Usage examples:

Failure of tack was not uncommon as well, with saddle cantles breaking and harness straps failing.

Meanings of Canto:

noun

One of the sections into which certain long poems are divided.

Usage examples:

Dante's divine comedy has 100 cantos

Meanings of Canton:

noun

A subdivision of a country established for political or administrative purposes.

Usage examples:

They rejected the possibility of dividing the country into cantons
proper noun

An industrial city in north-eastern ohio; population 78,362 (est. 2008). the professional football hall of fame is here.

Meanings of Cantonese:

adjective

Relating to canton (guangzhou), its inhabitants, or their language.

Usage examples:

The cantonese dialect created the unique culture exemplified by stephen chow, and this is our pride.
noun

Relating to canton (guangzhou), its inhabitants, or their dialect.

Meanings of Cantonment:

noun

A military garrison or camp.

Usage examples:

Like delhi, almost all big indian cities have inherited cantonments, the colonial military stations.

Meanings of Cantonments:

noun

A military garrison or camp.

Usage examples:

Like delhi, almost all big indian cities have inherited cantonments, the colonial military stations.

Meanings of Cantons:

noun

A subdivision of a country established for political or administrative purposes.

Usage examples:

They rejected the possibility of dividing the country into cantons
proper noun

An industrial city in north-eastern ohio; population 78,362 (est. 2008). the professional football hall of fame is here.

Meanings of Cantor:

noun

An official who sings liturgical music and leads prayer in a synagogue.

Usage examples:

Synagogue services can be led by a rabbi, a cantor or a member of the congregation.

Meanings of Cantorial:

adjective

Relating to a cantor.

Usage examples:

Cantorial singing

Meanings of Cantoris:

noun

The section of a church or cathedral choir conventionally placed on the north side and taking the second or lower part in antiphonal singing.

Usage examples:

In the rcm parts, the verse section occupying bars 60-88 of the anthem is allocated throughout, mor…

Meanings of Cantors:

noun

An official who sings liturgical music and leads prayer in a synagogue.

Usage examples:

Synagogue services can be led by a rabbi, a cantor or a member of the congregation.

Meanings of Cantos:

noun

One of the sections into which certain long poems are divided.

Usage examples:

Dante's divine comedy has 100 cantos

Meanings of Cantrip:

noun

A mischievous or playful act; a trick.

Usage examples:

Jinx liked that, because there was something reassuring in the countless little cantrips and tricks…

Meanings of Cantrips:

noun

A mischievous or playful act; a trick.

Usage examples:

Jinx liked that, because there was something reassuring in the countless little cantrips and tricks…

Meanings of Cants:

verb

Talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something.

Usage examples:

If they'd stop canting about ‘honest work’ they might get somewhere
noun

Have or cause to have a slanting or oblique position; tilt.

Usage examples:

He canted his head to look at the screen

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