Definition of lintel in English:

lintel

noun ˈlɪnt(ə)lˈlɪn(t)l

A horizontal support of timber, stone, concrete, or steel across the top of a door or window.
（木、石、钢筋、水泥或钢制的）门窗水平过梁
Example sentencesExamples
- Its only adornments are the wooden lintels above the windows and entrance door.
- A temporary wall was installed until repairs could be made to walls, roof, distorted window frames and lintels.
- The next horizontal layer has occasional punched window openings with expressed timber lintels.
- Precast copings, window lintels, and string courses have a terra-cotta color, without exposed aggregate.
- Scribes carved hieroglyphs on stone stelae, altars, wooden lintels, and roof beams, or painted them on ceramic vessels and in books made of bark paper.
- A structural report recommended that all internal partitions, floors, stairs, and all timber lintels in external walls be removed.
- The masonry walls have diagonal cracks extending up from the ends of the steel lintels over the windows.
- Getting the house back to its original shape meant removing carpets, relaying floors, replacing joists, ceilings and lintels, injecting walls and replacing 70 window casings in all.
- Opposite the kitchen is a server, created from several long building lintels, supported by two brick waist-high walls.
- Stepped cracks that form at the upper corners of windows may also be associated with corrosion of the steel lintels, especially in older buildings.
- Sills and lintels of windows and doors, and capitals and bases of columns, were carved from local stone.
- Once home to the laird's livestock, the vault now houses a laundry room, albeit one with flagstone floors and low stone lintels.
- A stone lintel covered the access from the living area to the kitchen.
- The larger stones observed at the site are used as lintels over doorways or windows.
- Stone arches can safely, economically and aesthetically replace concrete lintels.
- We were able to get everything we wanted, a concrete lintel and mortar mix for the workshop window, a new door-bell, a new yard-broom and, from the bakers, bread, rolls and some delicious custard tarts.
- The handsome edifice has such Federal style adornments as stone lintels over the windows and a cornice with mutules and cable molding.
- The snow-covered window frames and door lintels added a fairyland flavour to the solemn church.
- It bears all the hallmarks of a Post-Modernist interpretation of a historical facade, with architraves and lintels in cast aluminium.
- They were so big that their heads came up past the lintel of the entranceway door.
Synonyms
joist, purlin, girder, spar, support, strut, stay, brace, scantling, batten, transom, stringer, baulk, board, timber, plank, lath, rafter

Derivatives

lintelled

nounˈlɪnt(ə)ldˈlɪntld

(of a door or window) having a horizontal support across the top.
at the back are three lintelled entrances to the church

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, based on late Latin liminare, from Latin limen 'threshold'.

Rhymes

pintle, quintal

Definition of lintel in US English:

lintel

nounˈlin(t)lˈlɪn(t)l

A horizontal support of timber, stone, concrete, or steel across the top of a door or window.
（木、石、钢筋、水泥或钢制的）门窗水平过梁
Example sentencesExamples
- The handsome edifice has such Federal style adornments as stone lintels over the windows and a cornice with mutules and cable molding.
- Precast copings, window lintels, and string courses have a terra-cotta color, without exposed aggregate.
- Getting the house back to its original shape meant removing carpets, relaying floors, replacing joists, ceilings and lintels, injecting walls and replacing 70 window casings in all.
- A structural report recommended that all internal partitions, floors, stairs, and all timber lintels in external walls be removed.
- Opposite the kitchen is a server, created from several long building lintels, supported by two brick waist-high walls.
- Once home to the laird's livestock, the vault now houses a laundry room, albeit one with flagstone floors and low stone lintels.
- We were able to get everything we wanted, a concrete lintel and mortar mix for the workshop window, a new door-bell, a new yard-broom and, from the bakers, bread, rolls and some delicious custard tarts.
- The snow-covered window frames and door lintels added a fairyland flavour to the solemn church.
- Sills and lintels of windows and doors, and capitals and bases of columns, were carved from local stone.
- Stepped cracks that form at the upper corners of windows may also be associated with corrosion of the steel lintels, especially in older buildings.
- Its only adornments are the wooden lintels above the windows and entrance door.
- The masonry walls have diagonal cracks extending up from the ends of the steel lintels over the windows.
- A stone lintel covered the access from the living area to the kitchen.
- It bears all the hallmarks of a Post-Modernist interpretation of a historical facade, with architraves and lintels in cast aluminium.
- They were so big that their heads came up past the lintel of the entranceway door.
- The next horizontal layer has occasional punched window openings with expressed timber lintels.
- Stone arches can safely, economically and aesthetically replace concrete lintels.
- The larger stones observed at the site are used as lintels over doorways or windows.
- Scribes carved hieroglyphs on stone stelae, altars, wooden lintels, and roof beams, or painted them on ceramic vessels and in books made of bark paper.
- A temporary wall was installed until repairs could be made to walls, roof, distorted window frames and lintels.
Synonyms
joist, purlin, girder, spar, support, strut, stay, brace, scantling, batten, transom, stringer, baulk, board, timber, plank, lath, rafter

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, based on late Latin liminare, from Latin limen ‘threshold’.

词汇	lintel
释义	Definition of lintel in English: lintel noun ˈlɪnt(ə)lˈlɪn(t)l A horizontal support of timber, stone, concrete, or steel across the top of a door or window. （木、石、钢筋、水泥或钢制的）门窗水平过梁 Example sentencesExamples Its only adornments are the wooden lintels above the windows and entrance door. A temporary wall was installed until repairs could be made to walls, roof, distorted window frames and lintels. The next horizontal layer has occasional punched window openings with expressed timber lintels. Precast copings, window lintels, and string courses have a terra-cotta color, without exposed aggregate. Scribes carved hieroglyphs on stone stelae, altars, wooden lintels, and roof beams, or painted them on ceramic vessels and in books made of bark paper. A structural report recommended that all internal partitions, floors, stairs, and all timber lintels in external walls be removed. The masonry walls have diagonal cracks extending up from the ends of the steel lintels over the windows. Getting the house back to its original shape meant removing carpets, relaying floors, replacing joists, ceilings and lintels, injecting walls and replacing 70 window casings in all. Opposite the kitchen is a server, created from several long building lintels, supported by two brick waist-high walls. Stepped cracks that form at the upper corners of windows may also be associated with corrosion of the steel lintels, especially in older buildings. Sills and lintels of windows and doors, and capitals and bases of columns, were carved from local stone. Once home to the laird's livestock, the vault now houses a laundry room, albeit one with flagstone floors and low stone lintels. A stone lintel covered the access from the living area to the kitchen. The larger stones observed at the site are used as lintels over doorways or windows. Stone arches can safely, economically and aesthetically replace concrete lintels. We were able to get everything we wanted, a concrete lintel and mortar mix for the workshop window, a new door-bell, a new yard-broom and, from the bakers, bread, rolls and some delicious custard tarts. The handsome edifice has such Federal style adornments as stone lintels over the windows and a cornice with mutules and cable molding. The snow-covered window frames and door lintels added a fairyland flavour to the solemn church. It bears all the hallmarks of a Post-Modernist interpretation of a historical facade, with architraves and lintels in cast aluminium. They were so big that their heads came up past the lintel of the entranceway door. Synonyms joist, purlin, girder, spar, support, strut, stay, brace, scantling, batten, transom, stringer, baulk, board, timber, plank, lath, rafter Derivatives lintelled nounˈlɪnt(ə)ldˈlɪntld (of a door or window) having a horizontal support across the top. at the back are three lintelled entrances to the church Origin Middle English: from Old French, based on late Latin liminare, from Latin limen 'threshold'. Rhymes pintle, quintal Definition of lintel in US English: lintel nounˈlin(t)lˈlɪn(t)l A horizontal support of timber, stone, concrete, or steel across the top of a door or window. （木、石、钢筋、水泥或钢制的）门窗水平过梁 Example sentencesExamples The handsome edifice has such Federal style adornments as stone lintels over the windows and a cornice with mutules and cable molding. Precast copings, window lintels, and string courses have a terra-cotta color, without exposed aggregate. Getting the house back to its original shape meant removing carpets, relaying floors, replacing joists, ceilings and lintels, injecting walls and replacing 70 window casings in all. A structural report recommended that all internal partitions, floors, stairs, and all timber lintels in external walls be removed. Opposite the kitchen is a server, created from several long building lintels, supported by two brick waist-high walls. Once home to the laird's livestock, the vault now houses a laundry room, albeit one with flagstone floors and low stone lintels. We were able to get everything we wanted, a concrete lintel and mortar mix for the workshop window, a new door-bell, a new yard-broom and, from the bakers, bread, rolls and some delicious custard tarts. The snow-covered window frames and door lintels added a fairyland flavour to the solemn church. Sills and lintels of windows and doors, and capitals and bases of columns, were carved from local stone. Stepped cracks that form at the upper corners of windows may also be associated with corrosion of the steel lintels, especially in older buildings. Its only adornments are the wooden lintels above the windows and entrance door. The masonry walls have diagonal cracks extending up from the ends of the steel lintels over the windows. A stone lintel covered the access from the living area to the kitchen. It bears all the hallmarks of a Post-Modernist interpretation of a historical facade, with architraves and lintels in cast aluminium. They were so big that their heads came up past the lintel of the entranceway door. The next horizontal layer has occasional punched window openings with expressed timber lintels. Stone arches can safely, economically and aesthetically replace concrete lintels. The larger stones observed at the site are used as lintels over doorways or windows. Scribes carved hieroglyphs on stone stelae, altars, wooden lintels, and roof beams, or painted them on ceramic vessels and in books made of bark paper. A temporary wall was installed until repairs could be made to walls, roof, distorted window frames and lintels. Synonyms joist, purlin, girder, spar, support, strut, stay, brace, scantling, batten, transom, stringer, baulk, board, timber, plank, lath, rafter Origin Middle English: from Old French, based on late Latin liminare, from Latin limen ‘threshold’.
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