truss
truss
trəs
trēs
/tɹˈʌs/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "truss"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāϏ, āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽ

a metal or wooden frame supporting a bridge, roof, etc.
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āĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ, āϕ⧋āĻŽāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ

(medicine) a supportive device for weakened areas, providing compression and stability
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The truss provided relief for my abdominal muscle strain.
āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϏ⧇āϟ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻļā§€āϰ āϛ⧇āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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truss, āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϕ⧋āĻŖāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāύ⧀

(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
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āϗ⧁āĻšā§āĻ›, āĻāĻžāρāĻ•

a tight group of flowers or fruits that grow together on a single main stalk
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Each truss on the vine held about six flowers.
āϞāϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āĻšā§āĻ› āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϞ āϧāϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—āĻ āύāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

support structurally
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āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to prepare a bird for cooking by securing its wings and legs close to its body
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He trussed the turkey for the holiday feast.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻ­ā§‹āĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāĻž, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāĻž

to tie up or secure something firmly using ropes or straps
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They trussed the Christmas tree to the roof of the car before driving home.
āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻĻ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϏāĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āρāϧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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