lintel
/ˈlɪntl/noun
उच्चारण लिन्टल
सरदल, लिंटल, चौखट के ऊपर की पट्टी
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a piece of wood or stone over a door or window, that forms part of the frame
सरदल, लिंटल, चौखट के ऊपर की पट्टी
- Mango leaves were tied to the lintel of the door for the wedding.
- a carved stone lintel
- The builder fixed a concrete lintel above the window.
+ 2 more examples
- He bumped his head on the low wooden lintel.
- A crack appeared in the stone lintel after the earthquake.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
lintel (countable noun)
Lintel is a countable noun; each opening such as a door or window has its own lintel.
'Lintel' countable noun है; दरवाज़े या खिड़की जैसे हर खुले स्थान का अपना lintel होता है।
- The mason fixed a concrete lintel above the new window.
- Each lintel in the old fort is carved from a single stone.
lintel + over / above + opening
A lintel is described by the opening it sits over, so over or above is used with the door, window or arch.
Lintel को उस खुले स्थान से बताया जाता है जिसके ऊपर वह होता है, इसलिए door, window या arch के साथ over या above आता है।
- There is a small niche in the lintel over the temple gate.
- The lintel above the doorway had cracked after the earthquake.
lintel + material noun
Another noun may come before lintel to show what it is made of, such as stone lintel or steel lintel.
Lintel से पहले कोई दूसरा noun आकर बताता है कि वह किस पदार्थ का बना है, जैसे stone lintel या steel lintel।
- A steel lintel can carry the weight of the wall above it.
- The wooden lintel had been eaten by termites.
lintel in figurative description
Writers sometimes use lintel for the top edge of a doorway when they describe someone entering or leaving.
लेखक कभी-कभी किसी के प्रवेश करने या बाहर निकलने का वर्णन करते समय doorway के ऊपरी किनारे के लिए 'lintel' का प्रयोग करते हैं।
- The tall guard had to bend his head under the lintel.
+Collocations 4
material + lintel
stonewoodenconcretesteelcarved
- The architect chose a carved stone lintel for the entrance of the library.
verb + lintel
fixsupportcrackreplacebuild
- The workers had to replace the cracked lintel before the monsoon.
lintel + prepositional phrase
over the doorabove the windowacross the openingof the gateway
- A garland of marigolds hung from the lintel over the front door during Diwali.
part of the building
door framethresholdsillarchpillar
- The threshold is at the bottom of a doorway, while the lintel is at the top.
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- The old haveli still has an ornate wooden lintel above its main door.
पुरानी हवेली के मुख्य दरवाज़े के ऊपर आज भी एक अलंकृत लकड़ी का lintel है।
- Before the roof was cast, the engineer checked whether every lintel was level.
छत डालने से पहले इंजीनियर ने जाँचा कि हर lintel बराबर है या नहीं।
- Radhika's father hung a mango-leaf toran from the lintel on the day of the housewarming.
गृह-प्रवेश के दिन राधिका के पिता ने lintel से आम के पत्तों का तोरण लटकाया।
- Because the doorway was low, visitors had to duck their heads under the stone lintel.
दरवाज़ा नीचा होने के कारण आगंतुकों को पत्थर के lintel के नीचे सिर झुकाना पड़ता था।
- Without a strong lintel, the bricks above a window can sag and fall.
मज़बूत lintel के बिना खिड़की के ऊपर की ईंटें झुककर गिर सकती हैं।