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truss

noun as in supporting device

noun as in framework

Strongest match

Strong matches

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Example Sentences

Most cooks these days do not, alas, truss their own roasts or carefully make cheesecloth bags to hold their soup herbs.

So it is that he sympathizes with the dads who have to know how to truss a chicken, for your sake.

The Howe truss had timber chords and a lattice of timber struts, with vertical iron ties.

Fig. 20 shows a Fink truss, a characteristic early American type, with cast iron compression and wrought iron tension members.

Truss the birds, and stuff them with chopped truffles and rasped bacon, seasoned with salt and pepper and a tiny dust of cayenne.

Take four pigeons, truss and braise them in stock, then glaze them, dish them up against a block of fried bread.

This bridge has seven arches, and is a combination truss and arch design, capable of sustaining an immense weight.

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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to truss, such as: bracket, prop, reinforcement, support, supporter, and trussing.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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