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— English words —

• truss n. A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
• truss n. (Architecture) A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood…
• truss n. (Architecture) A triangular bracket.
• truss n. An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled…
• truss n. (Obsolete) A bundle; a package.
• truss n. (Historical) A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
• truss n. (Historical) Part of a woman’s dress; a stomacher.
• truss n. (Botany) A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
• truss n. (Nautical) The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
• truss v. (Transitive) To tie up a bird before cooking it.
• truss v. (Transitive) To secure or bind with ropes.
• truss v. (Transitive) To support.
• truss v. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
• truss v. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
• truss v. (Slang, archaic) To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up.
• Truss prop.n. A surname from Old French.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Icelandic
  • trúss n. Baggage.
• Latgalian
  • truss n. Rabbit.

— English words, defined in French —

• truss n. Botte (de foin, de paille, …).
• truss n. Grappe (de fleurs, de fruits).
• truss n. Ferme, exploitation agricole.
• truss n. Bandage herniaire.
• truss v. Botteler (du foin, de la paille).
• truss v. Trousser (un poulet).
• truss v. (Construction) Armer (du béton), renforcer.
• Truss n.fam. Nom de famille.

— In French —

• Truss n.fam. Nom de famille.

106 English words from 18 English definitions

and archaic Architecture armour Baggage bandage beam beams before belt bind bird body Botany brace braces bracket bundle by␣means␣of centre certain cluster cooking dress effects English equalled execute farming fast firmly flowers formed French friction from fruits girder hang hanging hay hernia Historical hold in␣place iron jacket keep made made␣up main mast means measurement more Nautical Obsolete of␣a of␣old old Old␣French one package padded Part place plants pounce pounds protect Rabbit rope ropes secure seize Slang stem stiffen stomacher straight straw strengthen structure support surname take the tie tie␣up top to␣the Transitive triangular truss tuft under units upon used used␣to usually with woman wood worn yard

9 English words from 9 foreign definitions

Armer Bandage Construction exploitation Ferme fleurs foin fruits Nom

14 foreign words from 9 foreign definitions

agricole Bandage␣herniaire béton Botte Botteler de␣la famille Grappe herniaire Nom␣de␣famille paille poulet renforcer Trousser

20 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

trussed trusser trusses Trusses Trussell trussers trusseth Trussian trussing Trussite truss␣rod Trussardi Trussells trussings Trussites truss␣rods trusswork truss␣bridge truss␣bridges Trussonomics

17 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

citrussy K␣trusses X␣trusses citrusses untrussed untrusser untrusses untrussers untrussing Fink␣trusses Great␣Russia jack␣trusses nanotrusses Great␣Russian queen␣trusses Soviet␣Russia Warren␣trusses

8 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

K␣truss X␣truss untruss Fink␣truss jack␣truss nanotruss queen␣truss Warren␣truss

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Rus RUS Rus' Rus. R␣Us Russ Russ. TRU TRUS USs USS US$ us's U.S.S.

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

sur- Sur. URT

3 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

rusts Rusts sturs

49 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Asturs brusts bursts crusts estrus Fursts hursts K␣truss Rastus rousts Ruists russet spurts stours Straus strubs Strubs strums Strums struse struts Stuhrs sturks Sturms sturts surats Surats surest suster Suters sutors Sutors sutras Sutras sūtras Sūtras tarsus Tarsus trusts tsuris Tursis tussar tusser Tusser tussor tussur wursts würsts X␣truss

22 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

RSUs RTSs RTUs Russ Russ. rust Rust ruts SRUs strs STRs stur SUTs TRUS TSRs turs Turs usrs USSR U.S.S.R. U.␣S.␣S.␣R. UTRs

10 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

ORuss. Pruss trass tress Tress trubs trues Trues trugs trust

3 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

Russ Russ. TRUS

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

trusts

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