truss
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure
Types & categories
- bandage hypernym
Related & opposite
- medicine domain topic
Sense 2 verb
tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
Types & categories
- tie hypernym
Related & opposite
- cooking domain topic
Sense 3 noun
a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure
Types & categories
- framework hypernym
Parts & wholes
- truss bridge part holonym
Related & opposite
- truss derivation
Sense 4 verb
secure with or as if with ropes
tie down the prisoners
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
Types & categories
- wall bracket hypernym
Related & opposite
- corbel derivation
- architecture domain topic
Sense 6 verb
support structurally
truss the roofs
Types & categories
- hold up hypernym
Related & opposite
- truss derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | medicine |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bandage |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tie |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | truss |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | truss bridge |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | framework |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bondable |
| 4 | entails | Related & opposite | fasten |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | restrain |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | chain up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | faggot up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fagot |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hog-tie |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | corbel |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | architecture |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | wall bracket |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | truss |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | hold up |