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Meaning of word truss from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : Tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it.

Meaning : Secure with or as if with ropes.

Example : Tie down the prisoners.
Tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed.

Synonyms : bind, tie down, tie up

Meaning : Support structurally.

Example : Truss the roofs.
Trussed bridges.

Meaning : (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt. Worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure.

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

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

Synonyms : corbel

blow up (verb)
Cause to burst with a violent release of energy.

precursor (noun)
A substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction).

telescope (verb)
Crush together or collapse.

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

guff (noun)
Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).

with child (adjective)
In an advanced stage of pregnancy.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

ordnance store (noun)
Military supplies.