TRUSS
Dictionary entry overview: What does truss mean?
• TRUSS (noun)
The noun TRUSS has 3 senses:
1. (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
2. a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure
3. (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
Familiarity information: TRUSS used as a noun is uncommon.
• TRUSS (verb)
The verb TRUSS has 3 senses:
1. tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
2. secure with or as if with ropes
3. support structurally
Familiarity information: TRUSS used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• TRUSS (noun)
Meaning:
(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("truss" is a kind of...):
bandage; patch (a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Meaning:
A framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("truss" is a kind of...):
frame; framework; framing (a structure supporting or containing something)
Holonyms ("truss" is a part of...):
truss bridge (a bridge supported by trusses)
Meaning:
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
corbel; truss
Hypernyms ("truss" is a kind of...):
bracket (an L-shaped support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf))
Domain category:
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "truss"):
cul de lampe (a corbel resembling the conical bottom of ancient lamps)
• TRUSS (verb)
Meaning:
Tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "truss" is one way to...):
bind; tie (fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Secure with or as if with ropes
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
tie down; tie up; truss; bind
Context examples:
tie down the prisoners / tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed
Hypernyms (to "truss" is one way to...):
confine; hold; restrain (to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement)
"Truss" entails doing...:
fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "truss"):
chain up (tie up with chains)
faggot; faggot up; fagot (bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot)
faggot; fagot (fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them)
hog-tie (tie together somebody's feet)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Support structurally
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context examples:
truss the roofs / trussed bridges
Hypernyms (to "truss" is one way to...):
hold; hold up; support; sustain (be the physical support of; carry the weight of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
