rafter

As a noun rafter

is one of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads or rafter can be a raftsman.

As a verb rafter

is to make (timber, etc) into rafters.

As an adjective false is

(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

As nouns the difference between pearlin and rafter

is that pearlin is (protein) a protein found in nacre while rafter is one of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads or rafter can be a raftsman.

As a verb rafter is

to make (timber, etc) into rafters.

As nouns the difference between rafter and balk

is that rafter is one of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads or rafter can be a raftsman while balk is ridge, an unplowed strip of land.

As verbs the difference between rafter and balk

is that rafter is to make (timber, etc) into rafters while balk is (archaic) to pass over or by or balk can be to indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

As nouns the difference between cornice and rafter

is that cornice is (architecture)  a horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls see also: eaves, fascia while rafter is one of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads or rafter can be a raftsman.

As a verb rafter is

to make (timber, etc) into rafters.

As nouns the difference between rafter and stud

is that rafter is one of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads while stud is a male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.

As verbs the difference between rafter and stud

is that rafter is to make (timber, etc.) into rafters while stud is to set with studs; to furnish with studs.

As nouns the difference between rafter and girt

is that rafter is one of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads while girt is a horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.

As verbs the difference between rafter and girt

is that rafter is to make (timber, etc.) into rafters while girt is to gird.

As an adjective girt is

bound by a cable; used of a vessel so moored by two anchors that she swings against one of the cables by force of the current or tide.

As nouns the difference between rafter and cud

is that rafter is one of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads or rafter can be a raftsman while cud is axe.

As a verb rafter

is to make (timber, etc) into rafters.

In transitive terms the difference between rafter and batten

is that rafter is to furnish (a building) with rafters while batten is to fertilize or enrich, as land.

As nouns the difference between rafter and fascia

is that rafter is one of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads while fascia is a wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.

As a verb rafter

is to make (timber, etc.) into rafters.

As nouns the difference between rafter and eaves

is that rafter is one of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads while eaves is the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.

As a verb rafter

is to make (timber, etc.) into rafters.