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Date "TRUSSES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A surgical device designed for retaining a hernia in a reduced state within the abdominal cavity. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: TRUSSES |
| English words defined with "TRUSSES": Girder bridge ♦ Lateral system, Lattice bridge ♦ Portal bracing ♦ Through bridge, truss bridge. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "TRUSSES": bridge tramway ♦ INSPECTOR, SURGICAL GARMENT ♦ PIPE-AND-TANK FABRICATOR ♦ Roof Sheathing, ROOF-TRUSS-MACHINE TENDER ♦ SUPERVISOR, SURGICAL GARMENT ASSEMBLY ♦ TRUSS ASSEMBLER. (references) |
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 | Perspective view from southwest. Photograph by Jet Lowe, summer 1990. (Reproduction Number: HAER ORE,6-NOBE,1-10) At 5,305 feet in length, the Coos Bay Bridge is the longest of the five Public Works Administration bridges built along the Oregon Coastal Highway during the Great Depression. Made of steel, the bridge incorporates many complex structural systems and technological innovations including cantilevers, trusses, and early examples of concrete arches. Motorists feel as though they are driving under a series of arches when they travel over the bridge. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Southeast Missouri Farms. Putting trusses of house in place. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "TRUSSES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "TRUSSES" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 23 | 72,767 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "TRUSSES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skraat tag med spaerfag af staal (Pitched roofs with steel trusses), Gitterspaer af lette vinkelprofiler (single-pitched latticed trusses built up of light angles), bjælkelag (line of trusses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vakwerkspanten uit licht hoekstaal (single-pitched latticed trusses built up of light angles), opeenvolgende liggers (line of trusses), liggerreeks (line of trusses), hellend dak met stalen spanten (Pitched roofs with steel trusses), gebouw van zes verdiepingen opgehangen aan grote stalen gebinten (six-storey building hanging from large steel trusses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | palkkirivi (line of trusses), palkkijono (line of trusses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | toiture inclinée avec fermes en acier (Pitched roofs with steel trusses), file de poutres (line of trusses), fermettes en treillis composées de cornières légères (single-pitched latticed trusses built up of light angles), bâtiment six étages suspendu de grands cadres en acier (six-storey building hanging from large steel trusses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bunde, bündelt (bunches). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κτήριο έξι ορόφων κρεμάμενο από μεγάλα χαλύβδινα ζευκτά (six-storey building hanging from large steel trusses), σειρά δοκών (line of trusses), δικτυωτά ζευκτά μονού βήματος κατασκευασμένα από ελαφρές γωνίες (single-pitched latticed trusses built up of light angles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tetto inclinato con capriate in acciaio (Pitched roofs with steel trusses), pomodori a grappolo (trusses of tomatoes), fila di travi (line of trusses), fabbricato a sei piani sospeso a grossi portali di acciaio (six-storey building hanging from large steel trusses), capriatelle a traliccio formate con angolari leggeri (single-pitched latticed trusses built up of light angles). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ussestray edifícios de seis pisos suspensos por grandes armações de aço (six-storey building hanging from large steel trusses), cavaletes em grades compostos de tubos ligeiros (single-pitched latticed trusses built up of light angles). (various references) fila de vigas (line of trusses), edificio de seis plantas suspendido de grandes pórticos de acero (six-storey building hanging from large steel trusses), cerchas de celosías formadas de ángulos ligeros (single-pitched latticed trusses built up of light angles). (various references) balkar på linje (line of trusses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "TRUSSES": untrusses. (additional references) | |
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"TRUSSES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: toussus, tressels, Trosser, trouses, trousses, Truchsess, truse, trusess, truso, Trusov, trusse, Trussel, trussle, trusso. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "TRUSSES" (pronounced tru"suz) |
| 4 | -u" s u z | buses, Busses, discusses, fusses, pluses. |
| 3 | -s u z | absences, abuses, acceptances, accomplices, aces, acquaintances, actresses, addresses, advances, affixes, albatrosses, aliases, allegiances, alliances, allowances, amaryllises, ambulances, annexes, announces, annoyances, apparatuses, appearances, appendixes, appliances, apprentices, asses, assesses, assurances, atlases, audiences, auspices, axes, balances, bases, basses, biases, Biosciences, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bonuses, bookcases, bosses, bounces, bourses, boxes, braces, briefcases, businesses, buttresses, bypasses, cabooses, cadences, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, Casas, cases, caucuses, cayuses, ceases, censuses, chances, chases, choices, choruses, circumstances, circuses, classes, clearances, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, coincidences, collapses, commences, complexes, compresses, concourses, condolences, conferences, confesses, confidences, congresses, consciences, consequences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, converses, convinces, corpses, countenances, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crevices, crocuses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, curses, dances, databases, decreases, defenses, denounces, depresses, devices, differences, disabuses, disallowances, disappearances, discourses, dismisses, dispenses, displaces, distances, distresses, disturbances, divergences, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embarrasses, embraces, eminences, encompasses, endorses, enforces, enhances, entrances, erases, esses, evidences, excesses, excuses, exes, expanses, expenses, experiences, expresses, eyeglasses, eyewitnesses, faces, farmhouses, faxes, fences, fetuses, finances, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, flounces, focuses, forces, fortresses, foxes, fragrances, furnaces, gases, gasses, gearboxes, geniuses, glances, glasses, glimpses, glosses, goddesses, graces, grasses, greenhouses, grievances, grimaces, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, harnesses, headdresses, hindrances, hippopotamuses, hisses, hoaxes, horses, hospices, hostesses, houses, hyraxes, ices, illnesses, imbalances, impresses, impulses, incidences, inconveniences, increases, indexes, induces, indulgences, inferences, influences, injustices, instances, insurances, interfaces, intersperses, introduces, invoices, irises, issuances, juices, jukeboxes, justices, kisses, laces, lapses, latexes, leases, licences, licenses, lighthouses, likenesses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, mattresses, medusas, messes, minibuses, minuses, misses, missus, mistresses, mixes, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, necklaces, nieces, nixes, notices, novices, nuances, nurses, observances, occurrences, offenses, offices, omnibuses, ordinances, orifices, ounces, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, palaces, paradoxes, passes, penises, performances, perplexes, perses, pieces, pizzas, places, polices, porpoises, possesses, poultices, powerhouses, practices, prances, preferences, prejudices, premises, presences, presses, pretenses, prices, princes, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, prominences, promises, pronounces, prospectuses, protuberances, provinces, pulses, purchases, purposes, purses, pusses, racehorses, races, reassurances, recesses, reduces, references, refinances, reflexes, refocuses, rehearses, reimburses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, remembrances, reminiscences, reminisces, remittances, renounces, replaces, reproduces, repurchases, resemblances, residences, resources, responses, retroviruses, reverses, romances, sacrifices, sauces, sciences, sconces, seamstresses, senses, sentences, sequences, services, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, silences, sinuses, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, slices, solstices, sources, spaces, spices, splices, spouses, staircases, stances, statehouses, steakhouses, stewardesses, stresses, substances, successes, suffices, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surfaces, surpasses, surpluses, surtaxes, taxes, terraces, tolerances, tortoises, tosses, townhouses, traces, treatises, tresses, typefaces, universes, uses, utterances, variances, vases, verses, versus, vices, viruses, voices, waitresses, walruses, waltzes, waxes, weaknesses, witnesses, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: russets, tussers. | |
| Words within the letters "e-r-s-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: estrus, russet, stress, surest, tusser, tusses. | |
-2 letters: rests, ruses, rusts, suers, suets, tress, trues, truss, users. | |
-3 letters: erst, rest, rets, rues, ruse, rust, ruts, sers, sets, suer, sues, suet, sure, suss, true, user, uses. | |
-4 letters: ers, ess, res, ret, rue, rut, ser, set, sue, use, uts. | |
-5 letters: er, es, et, re, us, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-r-s-s-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: estruses, rustless, trussers, tussores, unstress. | |
+2 letters: crustless, oestruses, pertussis, rustiness, stressful, streusels, supersets, tressours, tressures, trismuses, trustless, untrusses. | |
+3 letters: abstrusest, anestruses, assaulters, bursitises, buttresses, cerussites, crustiness, curtnesses, cutgrasses, diestruses, huntresses, kurtosises, lusterless, nutgrasses, outcrosses, outdresses, outgrosses, outpresses, resultless, robustness, russetings, sculptress, seductress, sequesters, sodbusters, stegosaurs, studhorses, sturdiness, subsectors, substrates, suggesters, sultriness, sunstrokes, superstars, superstuds, sustainers, tessituras, transfuses, trousseaus, truenesses, trustiness, tutoresses, unstressed, unstresses. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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