Definition of torso Torso
/tɔˈɹsowˌ/ - [torsow] - tor•so
We found 7 definitions of torso from 7 different sources.
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What does torso mean?
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NounPlural: torsoes |
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| torso - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" | ||
| trunk, body | ||
| body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity | ||
| organic structure, physical structure, body the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted" | ||
| midriff, diaphragm a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens; "the new cameras adjust the diaphragm automatically" | ||
| shoulder a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road; "the car pulled off onto the shoulder" | ||
| articulatio humeri, shoulder joint, shoulder a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road; "the car pulled off onto the shoulder" | ||
| serratus, serratus muscles any of several muscles of the trunk | ||
| side an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house" | ||
| pectus, thorax, chest part of an insect's body that bears the wings and legs | ||
| midsection, midriff, middle the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" | ||
| waistline, waist the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips | ||
| paunch, belly the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish | ||
| love handle, spare tire excess fat around the waistline | ||
| hip either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh | ||
| haunch the loin and leg of a quadruped | ||
| abdomen, stomach, venter, belly the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis | ||
| dorsum, back the back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part); "the dorsum of the foot" | ||
| tush, derriere, keister, buttocks, nates, buns, prat, behind, rear end, tooshie, hind end, posterior, hindquarters, arse, backside, fanny, fundament, tail end, stern, rump, bum, ass, rear, can, bottom, tail, seat, butt the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" | ||
| buttock, cheek either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- torso (n.)
The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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torso
The part of the body from the neck to the groin excluding the head and limbs.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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torso
tor′sō, n. the trunk of a statue without head or limbs:—pl. Tor′sos.—Also Torse. [It.; prob. Teut., Old High Ger. turso, torso, stalk.]
Wikipedia 
- The torso is the part of the human body where the limbs are attached. Some people also call it the trunk. It is made of chest, back, and abdomen.
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