truss
/tɹʌs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
noun
Example Sentences
- "A truss may keep the abdominal contents from protruding into the hernial sac; however, this won't cure the hernia."
- "The weight of the wrought-ironwork in each of the trusses is 460 tons, inclusive of the longitudinal and cross girders weighing 130 tons."
- "bearing a truss of trifles at his back"
- "Puts off his palmer's weed unto his truss, which bore / The stains of ancient arms."
- "Very largely haue I inueighed againſt this vice [gluttony] elſvvhere, vvherefore heere I vvill truſſe it vp more ſurcinct;^([sic – meaning succinct]) […]"
- "who trussing me as eagle doth his prey"
Etymology
From Middle English trusse, from Old French trousse, torse, from Vulgar Latin *torsus, variant of Classical Latin tortus, past participle of torqueō. Doublet of torse and trousse.
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tɹʌs/
- British English: /tɹʌs/
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Phrases
Fink truss
half through truss bridge
hammer-beam truss
hammer beam truss
Howe truss
jack truss
king-post truss
K truss