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gantry.

A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡæntɹi/
  1. A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.

  2. A supporting framework for a barrel.

  3. A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.

  4. A faregate or turnstile controlling the entry and exit of people at a location.

    Singapore · broadly
  5. A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D imaging.

Where this word comes from

From earlier gauntree, possibly from dialectal gaun (“gallon”) + tree, perhaps as a reinterpretation of Middle English *gaunter, from Old Northern French gantier, from Late Latin cantarium, from Latin canterius (“trellis, sort of frame”).

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