truss (tr s)n. 1. Medicine A supportive device, usually a pad with a belt, worn to prevent enlargement of a hernia or the return of a reduced hernia. 2. a. A rigid framework, as of wooden beams or metal bars, designed to support a structure, such as a roof. b. Architecture A bracket. 3. Something gathered into a bundle; a pack. 4. Nautical An iron fitting by which a lower yard is secured to a mast. 5. Botany A compact cluster of flowers at the end of a stalk. tr.v. trussed, truss·ing, truss·es 1. To tie up or bind tightly. 2. To bind or skewer the wings or legs of (a fowl) before cooking. 3. To support or brace with a truss. [Middle English trusse, bundle, from Old French trousse, from torser, trousser, to truss, possibly from Vulgar Latin *tors  re, from *torsus, variant of Latin tortus, past participle of torqu re, to twist; see terkw- in Indo-European roots.] |
truss [trʌs]
vb tr
1. (sometimes foll by up) to tie, bind, or bundle to truss up a prisoner
2. (Cookery) to fasten or bind the wings and legs of (a fowl) before cooking to keep them in place
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) to support or stiffen (a roof, bridge, etc.) with structural members
4. (Clothing & Fashion) Informal to confine (the body or a part of it) in tight clothes
5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Falconry) Falconry (of falcons) to hold (the quarry) in the stoop without letting go
6. (Medicine) Med to supply or support with a truss
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a structural framework of wood or metal, esp one arranged in triangles, used to support a roof, bridge, etc.
2. (Medicine) Med a device for holding a hernia in place, typically consisting of a pad held in position by a belt
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) Horticulture a cluster of flowers or fruit growing at the end of a single stalk
4. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a metal fitting fixed to a yard at its centre for holding it to a mast while allowing movement
5. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Architect another name for corbel
6. a bundle or pack
7. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) Chiefly Brit a bundle of hay or straw, esp one having a fixed weight of 36, 56, or 60 pounds
[from Old French trousse, from trousser, apparently from Vulgar Latin torciāre (unattested), from torca (unattested) a bundle, torch]
trusser n
Truss a pack or package; a bundle of hay or straw; a cluster of flowers or fruit.
Examples: truss of minor associations, 1878; of the most barbarous authors, 1531; of grass, 1400; of hay, 1483; of straw, 1609; of trifles.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  truss - (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressuremedical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
| 2. |  truss - a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structureframework - a structure supporting or containing something truss bridge - a bridge supported by trusses | |
| 3. |  truss - (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)wall bracket, bracket - a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" | |
| Verb | 1. |  truss - tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking itcookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| 2. |  truss - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"chain up - tie up with chains; "chain up the prisoners" hog-tie - tie together somebody's limbs; "The prisoner was hog-tied" restrain, confine, hold - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom" | |
| 3. |  truss - support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges" |
truss
verb
Translations
truss [trʌs]
A. VT
B. N
1. (Med) → braguero m
truss up VT + ADV to truss sb up → atar a algn(con cuerdas etc)
truss [ˈtrʌs]
truss
n
(Build, of bridge) → Fachwerk nt; (of roof) → Gespärre nt; (= single beam) → Dachsparren m; (vertical) → Dachbalken m
(Med) → Bruchband nt
truss [trʌs]
truss [trʌs]
truss [trʌs]
v truss [tras]
to tie or bind tightly She trussed the chicken and put it in the oven; The burglars trussed up the guards. vasmaak, bind يُكَتِّف الدَّجاجَه قَبْل طَبْخِها завързвам svázat binde op; binde zäumen, binden δένω σφιχτά atar, liar kinni siduma بستن sitoa ficeler חֲבִילַת שַׁחַת बांधना vezati, svezati összekötöz mengikat erat binda upp; (ríg)binda legare 縛る 동여 매다, 묶다 surišti, suveržti nosaitēt; sasiet mengikat stevig vastbinden binde, sette opp związać amarrar a lega связывать zviazať zvezati vezati binda [] มัด (sıkıca) bağlamak 紮緊(雞鴨)，捆縛(人的雙手) зв'язувати; зв'язувати крильця і ніжки (птаха для смаження) کسنا، جکڑنا buộc, gói chặt 扎紧（鸡鸭），捆缚（人的双手）
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