H-beam

[ eych-beem ]

noun

1. an I-beam having flanges the same width as its web, or connecting vertical section.

H-beam

noun

1. a rolled steel joist or girder with a cross section in the form of a capital letter H Compare I-beam

Example Sentences

These highly specialized parts, which were chosen in the interest of surviving a grueling 24-hour race run largely at full throttle, include a fully counterweighted crankshaft, steel H-beam connecting rods, sturdy forged pistons and valve-train parts engineered for racing.

From New York Times

Nippon early this year said it wanted to bolster the H-beam price in the domestic market to above 100,000 yen per tonne, but the price now hovers at around 75,000 yen after Tokyo Steel Manufacturing cut its price 6.2 percent in May.

From Reuters

He lay in the trough of the massive H-beam, slid down about twenty feet to where it made an angle with an upright, and wedged himself there.

From Project Gutenberg