How to pronounce gantry
American English pronunciation
GAN-tree
- IPA
- /ˈɡæntɹi/
- Syllables
- GAN · tree (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What gantry means
A tall steel frame that spans over something
In a sentence: The rocket stood next to its gantry, waiting for launch day.
Where it comes from: It perhaps comes from an old French word for a frame, from a Latin word for a kind of trellis.
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