Usually means: Support beams for a roof.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word rafters:

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  1. rafters: Merriam-Webster
  2. rafters: Collins English Dictionary
  3. rafters: Vocabulary.com
  4. Rafter's, Rafters, rafters: Wordnik
  5. rafters: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Rafters, rafters: Wiktionary
  7. rafters: Dictionary.com
  8. rafters: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Rafters (nightclub), Rafters: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Rafters: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Rafters: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Rafters)

▸ noun:  Rafters, later known as Jilly's, was a nightclub located in St. James Buildings, Oxford Street, Manchester, England.


Opposite:
joists, beams, trusses

Types:
king post, queen post, principal, common, collar tie, strut, more...

Phrases:
jack rafters, packed to the rafters, Back to the Rafters, more...

Adjectives:
common, principal, wooden, bare, old, open, main, heavy, dark, black, low



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Opposite:
joists, beams, trusses

Types:
king post, queen post, principal, common, collar tie, strut, more...

Phrases:
jack rafters, packed to the rafters, Back to the Rafters, more...

Adjectives:
common, principal, wooden, bare, old, open, main, heavy, dark, black, low




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