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rafter

[raf-ter, rahf-] / ˈræf tər, ˈrɑf- /


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The three of us are sitting at the end of the dock on an old, unzipped sleeping bag that Nate dug out of the rafters of the shop.

From Literature

The mud wasps had built their big nest against a ceiling rafter.

From Literature

She scoffed, and her gaze briefly flew up to the rafters.

From Literature

Perched in the rafters of one gallery are two large dolls in the style of these figurines.

From Los Angeles Times

All that crackling pressure on one athlete, the hushed ooooooohhs from the rafters, all of it.

From The Wall Street Journal