cantilevering
Jutting without support
Cantilevering is projecting outward from a support without external bracing—a beam or structure anchored at one end and extending freely into space.
The term comes from architecture and engineering: The balcony cantilevered over the cliff.
Figuratively, anything that juts out precariously or extends beyond its base: Her argument was cantilevering into speculation.
Structural support member
- girderMain structural support beam
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
- joistHorizontal structural beam
- bracketSupport or category
corbel · span · overhang · buttress · lintel · rafter · purlin · stanchion
Section projecting beyond support
- jutExtend outward sharply
- extendMake longer or larger
- protrusionPart extending outward
- outcropSurfacing native stone
ledge · shelf · eave · awning · cornice · balcony · jetty · sill
State of balance
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- tensionStretched or strained state
- distributionAllocation across recipients
fulcrum · moment · torque · load · stress · deflection · dynamics · force
Home spanning a waterfall
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- freeformUnconstrained by structure
- aestheticsTheory of beauty
innovation · design · concrete · steel · brutalism · terrace · mezzanine · observation deck
beam
Structural support member
bracket · corbel · span · overhang · buttress · lintel · rafter · purlin · stanchion · framework
overhang
Section projecting beyond support
- jutExtend outward sharply
- extendMake longer or larger
- protrusionPart extending outward
outcrop · ledge · shelf · eave · awning · cornice · balcony · jetty · sill · promontory
equilibrium
State of balance
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- tensionStretched or strained state
distribution · fulcrum · moment · torque · load · stress · deflection · dynamics · force · pivot
Fallingwater
Home spanning a waterfall
- modernismFavoring contemporary approaches
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- freeformUnconstrained by structure
aesthetics · innovation · design · concrete · steel · brutalism · terrace · mezzanine · observation deck · diving board
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
cantileveringbuttressing
Supporting from the side
bracing · propping · underpinning · suspending · shoring
cantileveringcollapsing
Falling inward suddenly
falling · tumbling · sagging · buckling · giving way