torso

[ tawr-soh ]
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noun,plural tor·sos, tor·si [tawr-see]. /ˈtɔr si/.
  1. the trunk of the human body.

  2. a sculptured form representing the trunk of a nude female or male figure.

  1. something mutilated or incomplete.

Origin of torso

1
1715–25; <Italian: stalk, trunk of statue <Latin thyrsus<Greek thýrsos wand, stem

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torso

/ (ˈtɔːsəʊ) /


nounplural -sos or -si (-sɪ)
  1. the trunk of the human body

  2. a statue of a nude human trunk, esp without the head or limbs

  1. something regarded as incomplete or truncated

Origin of torso

1
C18: from Italian: stalk, stump, from Latin: thyrsus

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