noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈkantɪliːvə/
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Canada, General-American:/ˈkæntɪˌlivɚ/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
A technique, similar to the spread eagle, in which the skater travels along a deep edge with knees bent and bends their back backwards, parallel to the ice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: figure skating
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
projecting horizontal beam fixed at one end only
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beam
6
verb
Meaning 6
construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Frank Lloyd Wright liked to cantilever his buildings
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: construct, build, make
7
verb
Meaning 7
project as a cantilever
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project
History
Etymology
First attested in the 1660s, probably from cant (“slope, edge, corner”) + lever, but the earliest form (c. 1610) was cantlapper. First element may also be Spanish can (“dog”), an architect's term for an end of timber jutting out of a wall, on which beams rested.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
конзола
(konzola)
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Catalan:
coll fals
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Catalan:
voladís
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Catalan:
mènsula
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Chinese Mandarin:
懸臂樑 /悬臂梁
(xuánbìliáng)
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Chinese Mandarin:
懸臂 /悬臂
(xuánbì)
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Czech:
konzola
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Czech:
krakorec
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Estonian:
konsool
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Finnish:
ulokepalkki
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
French:
porte-à-faux
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
German:
Auskragung
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
German:
Kragträger
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
German:
Ausleger
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
German:
Kragarm
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Hungarian:
konzol
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Hungarian:
konzolos/kiugró tartó/támasz
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Hungarian:
konzoltartó
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Hungarian:
egyoldalt befogott tartó
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Hungarian:
tartókar
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Italian:
mensola
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Korean:
캔틸레버
(kaentillebeo)
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Norwegian:
utkraging
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Norwegian:
utkravning
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Norwegian:
utligger
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Norwegian:
utstikker
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Polish:
wspornik
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Portuguese:
em balanço
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Russian:
консо́льная ба́лка
(konsólʹnaja bálka)
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Russian:
консо́ль
(konsólʹ)
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Russian:
кро́нштейн
(krónštejn)
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Russian:
уко́сина
(ukósina)
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
Spanish:
voladizo
— beam anchored at one end and projecting into space
