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TORSO: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TORSO?

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Torso as a Noun
Definitions of "Torso" as a noun
Synonyms of "Torso" as a noun (9 Words)
Usage Examples of "Torso" as a noun
Associations of "Torso" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Torso” are: body, trunk, chest, stomach, middle, sculpture, carving, effigy, three-dimensional representation

Torso as a Noun

Definitions of "Torso" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “torso” as a noun can have the following definitions:

The trunk of the human body.
The trunk of a statue without, or considered independently of, the head and limbs.
The body excluding the head and neck and limbs.
An unfinished or mutilated thing, especially a work of art or literature.

Synonyms of "Torso" as a noun (9 Words)

body	A woman s close fitting stretch garment for the upper body fastening at the crotch. The body* of the message was short.*
carving	The action of carving. A carving* of an Asian elephant.*
chest	Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes. A bad chest.
effigy	A sculpture or model of a person. A tomb effigy* of Eleanor of Aquitaine.*
middle	The middle area of the human torso usually in front. Rain during the middle* of April.*
sculpture	A work of art made by sculpture. The boundary between painting and sculpture* is displaced.*
stomach	Any of a number of organs analogous to the stomach in lower animals. She doesn t have the stomach* to eat anything.*
three-dimensional representation	The act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf.
trunk	The main woody stem of a tree as distinct from its branches and roots. He put his golf bag in the trunk.

Usage Examples of "Torso" as a noun

The Requiem torso was preceded by the cantata.

Associations of "Torso" (30 Words)

auricle	The externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear. Grass leaves often have two auricles at the junction between the leaf sheath and the blade.
bark	A noise resembling the bark of a dog. Nobody is allowed up here he barked.
bole	The main stem of a tree usually covered with bark the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber.
bush	Vegetation growing in the bush. The lowland country was covered in thick bush.
chest	Propel the ball by means of one s chest. A 42 inch chest.
costa	A riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing.
debark	Go ashore. We debarked from our cruise ship for a day of fun.
dermis	The thick layer of living tissue below the epidermis which forms the true skin containing blood capillaries nerve endings sweat glands hair follicles and other structures.
haired	Having or covered with hair. A curly haired* boy.*
hindfoot	A rear foot of a quadruped.
hip	A person s hip joint. Hip tiles.
limb	Any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree. Fractured limbs.
moustache	A long moustache. A clergyman with long grey moustaches.
mow	Cut with a blade or mower. They mowed green corn to give the blades to horses.
neck	Meat from an animal s neck. The horse won by a neck.
pedicel	A small stalk bearing an individual flower in an inflorescence.
pharynx	The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates.
portly	Euphemisms for `fat. Men are portly* and women are stout.*
shoulder	Push someone or something out of one s way with one s shoulder. He tapped me on the shoulder* and I looked round.*
stalk	A stalklike support for a sessile animal or for an organ in an animal. Drinking glasses with long stalks.
stem	Remove the stems from fruit or tobacco leaves. If the wind will only freshen a little we shall be able to stem* the first of the flood.*
throat	The part of an animal s body that corresponds to a person s throat. From a hundred throats came the cry Vive l Empereur.
tree	Force a hunted animal to take refuge in a tree. The hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it.
trunk	The body excluding the head and neck and limbs. He put his golf bag in the trunk.
upper	Situated on higher ground. In the upper* center of the picture.*
waist	The part of a garment around or covering the waist. He put an arm around her waist.
willowy	(of a person) tall, slim, and lithe. Willowy meadow land.