truss
/tɹʌs/noun, verb1 syllable
Truss means: secure with or as if with ropes.
Synonyms for truss4
noun, as in (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
verb, as in secure with or as if with ropes
What does truss mean?6
verb
secure with or as if with ropes“tie down the prisoners”
tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
support structurally“truss the roofs”
noun
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with truss?7
Truss in a sentence
- The bridge is supported by a truss made up of steel beams, making it both strong and lightweight.Auride
- Is Truss fit to govern the UK?Amastan
- Did Liz Truss kill the Queen?rul
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Forms of truss
as a noun
- plural
- trusses
as a verb
- past tense
- trussed
- present participle
- trussing
- third-person singular
- trusses
- past participle
- trussed