TORSO


Meaning of TORSO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtȯr-(ˌ)sō ]

noun

( plural torsos or tor·si ˈtȯr-ˌsē)

Etymology: Italian, literally, stalk, from Latin thyrsus stalk, thyrsus

Date: 1722

1. : a sculptured representation of the trunk of a human body

2. : something (as a piece of writing) that is mutilated or left unfinished

3. : the human trunk

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.