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ˈlɪn tllin·tel

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. header, lintelnoun

    horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window

Wiktionary

  1. lintelnoun

    A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.

  2. Lintelnoun

    The computing environment of the operating system running on an Intel CPU; mostly in a server.

  3. Etymology: From lyntel, from lintel, from limitaris

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Lintelnoun

    That part of the door frame that lies cross the door posts over head.

    Etymology: linteaux, from linteal; French.

    Take a bunch of hysop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts. Exod.

    When you lay any timber on brick work, as lintels over windows, lay them in loam, which is a great preserver of timber. Joseph Moxon, Mechanical Exercises.

    Silver the lintals deep projecting o’er,
    And gold the ringlets that command the door. Alexander Pope, Odys.

Wikipedia

  1. Lintel

    A lintel or lintol is a type of beam (a horizontal structural element) that spans openings such as portals, doors, windows and fireplaces. It can be a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented structural item. In the case of windows, the bottom span is instead referred to as a sill, but, unlike a lintel, does not serve to bear a load to ensure the integrity of the wall. Modern day lintels are made using prestressed concrete and are also referred to as beams in beam and block slabs or ribs in rib and block slabs. These prestressed concrete lintels and blocks are components that are packed together and propped to form a suspended floor concrete slab.

ChatGPT

  1. lintel

    A lintel is a horizontal architectural element, typically a beam, that spans the space between two vertical supports. It is used over doors, windows or other openings in a building to support the weight from the structure above it.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lintelnoun

    a horizontal member spanning an opening, and carrying the superincumbent weight by means of its strength in resisting crosswise fracture

  2. Etymology: [OF. lintel, F. linteau, LL. lintellus, for limitellus, a dim. fr. L. limes limit. See Limit.]

Wikidata

  1. Lintel

    A lintel can be a load-bearing building component, a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented structural item. It is often found over portals, doors, windows, and fireplaces.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Lintel

    lin′tel, n. the piece of timber or stone over a doorway: the headpiece of a door or casement. [O. Fr. lintel (Fr. linteau)—Low L. lintellus for limitellus, dim. of L. limes, border.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. Lintel

    The emerging Linux/Intel alliance. This term began to be used in early 1999 after it became clear that the Wintel alliance was under increasing strain and Intel started taking stakes in Linux companies.

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  1. lentil

  2. tellin'

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lintel in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lintel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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