Usually means: Structural members supporting floors, ceilings.
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  1. joists: Merriam-Webster
  2. joists: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. joists: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  7. joists: Dictionary.com
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Definitions from Wiktionary (joist)

noun:  A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.
verb:  (transitive) To fit or furnish with joists.
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