truss

1. 1.

   (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure

   Broaderbandage

   medicine

2. 2.

   a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure

   Broaderframework

   Part oftruss bridge
3. 3.

   (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

   Synonymscorbel

   Broaderbracket

   architecture

1. 1.

   tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it

   Broadertie

   cooking

2. 2.

   secure with or as if with ropes

   “tie down the prisoners”

   “tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed”

   Synonymstie downtie upbind

   Broaderrestrain

   Narrowerchain upfaggothog-tie
3. 3.

   support structurally

   “truss the roofs”

   “trussed bridges”

   Broaderhold

Other forms of truss

plural

trusses·

past tense

trussed·

present participle

trussing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about truss

What does truss mean?

truss means "(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in truss?

truss has 1 syllable: truss. In IPA it is /ˈtɹʌs/.

What is another word for truss?

Close synonyms include corbel, tie down, tie up, bind. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is truss a common word?

truss is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.