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Truss

/tɹʌs/

A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.

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📖 Definitions of "Truss"

noun

1
A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
2
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.
3
A triangular bracket.
4
An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.

verb

1
To tie up a bird before cooking it.
2
To secure or bind with ropes.
3
To support.
4
To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.

🔄 Synonyms of "Truss"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
bindnoun	(intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
corbelnoun	(architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
tie upverb	(idiomatic) To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay.
tie downverb	To secure as if with a rope or hook.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Truss"

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Word	Definition
bindnoun	(countable) That which binds or ties.
tie downverb	To secure as if with a rope or hook.
tie upverb	(idiomatic) To occupy, detain, keep busy, or delay.
corbelnoun	(architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
bandagenoun	A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
meshnoun	A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.
tienoun	A knot; a fastening.
farmnoun	(countable) A place where agricultural and similar activities take place, especially the growing of crops or the raising of livestock.
latticenoun	A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.
beamnoun	A broad smile.
jacketnoun	A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
girdernoun	A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
sperenoun	(architecture) The fixed structure between the great hall and the screens passage in an English medieval timber house.
firmnoun	(UK, business) A business partnership; the name under which it trades.
gridnoun	A system for delivery of electricity, consisting of various substations, transformers and generators, connected by wire.
beamsnoun	A broad smile.
gagnoun	A joke or other mischievous prank.
strapnoun	A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
secureverb	Free from attack or danger; protected.
fastenverb	(ambitransitive) To attach or connect in a secure manner.