Beam-like
71go through like a knife through butter — cut/go through (something) like a (hot) knife through butter to cut something very easily. A laser beam can cut through metal like a hot knife through butter …
72Needle beam — Needle Nee dle (n[=e] d l), n. [OE. nedle, AS. n[=ae]dl; akin to D. neald, OS. n[=a]dla, G. nadel, OHG. n[=a]dal, n[=a]dala, Icel. n[=a]l, Sw. n[*a]l, Dan. naal, and also to G. n[ a]hen to sew, OHG. n[=a]jan, L. nere to spin, Gr. ne ein, and perh …
73Tail beam — Tail Tail, n. [AS. t[ae]gel, t[ae]gl; akin to G. zagel, Icel. tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal. [1913 Webster] Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles… …
74fish beam — 1) a beam one of whose sides (usually the ventral one) swells out like the belly of a fish 2) a scale for weighing dried cod (Newfoundland) …
75fish-beam — a beam one of whose sides (usually the ventral one) swells out like the belly of a fish …
76ledger beam — a reinforced concrete beam having projecting ledges for receiving the ends of joists or the like. * * * …
77tie beam — a horizontal timber or the like for connecting two structural members to keep them from spreading apart, as a beam connecting the feet of two principal rafters in a roof truss. See diags. under king post, queen post. [1815 25] * * * …
78tie beam — tie′ beam n. bui a horizontal timber or the like for connecting two structural members to keep them from spreading apart • Etymology: 1815–25 …
79I-beam — A steel beam that is shaped like the letter I when you look at the cross section …
80fish beam — noun : a beam one of whose sides swells out like the belly of a fish …
