torso

tor·so  (tôrs)

n. pl. tor·sos or tor·si (-s)

1. The human body excluding the head and limbs; trunk.

2. A statue of the human body with the head and limbs omitted or removed.

3. A truncated or unfinished thing.

---

[Italian, trunk of a statue, from Old Italian, stalk, stem, from Vulgar Latin *tursus, from Latin thyrsus, stalk; see thyrsus.]

---

torso

Noun

pl -sos

1. the trunk of the human body

2. a statue of a nude human trunk, esp. without the head or limbs [Italian: stalk, stump]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

torso - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" trunk, body body, organic structure, physical structure - the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity diaphragm, midriff - (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration shoulder - the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm articulatio humeri, shoulder joint, shoulder - a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula serratus, serratus muscles - any of several muscles of the trunk side - either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side" chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates midriff, midsection, middle - the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" waist, waistline - the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips paunch, belly - a protruding abdomen love handle, spare tire - excess fat around the waistline hip - either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh haunch - the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings abdomen, belly, stomach, venter - the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis back, dorsum - the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, derriere, fanny, rear end, tooshie, tush, seat, fundament, backside, bottom, rump, stern, tail end, tail, rear, bum, can, butt - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" buttock, cheek - either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump loins - the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen

Translations

torso [ˈtɔːsəu] n → torso

---

torso [ˈtɔːsəu] n → torse m

---

torso [ˈtɔːsəu] n → Torso m

---

torso [ˈtɔːsəu] n → torso