Torso Definition

tôrsō
torsi, torsos
noun
torsos
The trunk of the human body.
Webster's New World
The trunk of a statue of the nude human figure, esp. of such a statue lacking the head and full limbs.
Webster's New World
Any unfinished or fragmentary piece of work.
Webster's New World

The part of the (human) body from the neck to the groin, that is, the body excluding the head and limbs.

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Noun

Singular:
torso
Plural:
torsi, torsos

Origin of Torso

  • Italian trunk of a statue from Old Italian stalk, stem from Vulgar Latin tursus from Latin thyrsus stalk thyrsus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos, “Bacchic staff").

    From Wiktionary

Torso Sentence Examples

  • Crashing into the planet left the left side of her torso black and bruised.

  • His actions were far too bold, and yet the feel of his warm muscular torso was comforting.

  • Violent scars marred her torso and arms.

  • Besides numerous fragments of nude and draped figures belonging to pedimental statues, a well-preserved and very beautiful head of a female divinity, probably Hera, as well as a draped female torso of excellent workmanship, both belonging to the pediments, have been discovered.

  • Of the metopes also a great number of fragments have been found, together with two almost complete metopes, the one containing the torso of a nude warrior in perfect preservation, as well as ten wellpreserved heads.

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Words Starting With

TTOTOR

Words Ending With

OSORSO

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