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# truss

noun (a truss, trusses); verb (truss, trusses, trussed, trussing)

«truss» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A truss is a frame of beams joined in triangles that holds up a roof or a bridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truss/#m1)
2. To truss means to tie someone or something up tightly, for example the legs and wings of a chicken before cooking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truss/#m2)
3. A truss is also a padded belt worn to support the body after an injury (medical, old-fashioned). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truss/#m3)
4. A truss is a bunch of flowers or fruit on one stalk, like truss tomatoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truss/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science and DT (design and technology) lessons, trusses show why triangles are strong shapes in bridges and roofs; in cooking, trussing a turkey; in stories, a villain trusses up the hero; phrases: truss up, roof truss, truss bridge.

### Examples

- The bridge is held up by steel trusses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truss/#x1)
- Triangles make a truss very strong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truss/#x2)
- Grandma trussed the turkey with string. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truss/#x3)
- The robbers trussed up the guard with rope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truss/#x4)
- We built a truss bridge from straws in DT. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truss/#x5)
- Mum bought a bag of truss tomatoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truss/#x6)
- “Here is another one,” cried Caevo’g as she bundled a trussed champion along. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truss/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Past: trussed. Maths/DT link: a triangle cannot change shape without bending its sides, which is why trusses use triangles. Do not confuse with «trust».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «truss» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truss/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«truss» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/truss.html) on Mova free.