torso
torso Lexical Profile
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• noun
The central part or trunk of the human body, excluding the head, neck, arms, and legs.
"Core exercises help strengthen the muscles throughout the abdomen and upper torso."
A sculpted figure of the human body lacking a head and limbs, or a statue from which these parts have been broken off.
"The museum's classical gallery features a famous marble torso dating back to the Hellenistic period."
An unfinished, truncated, or mutilated work of art, literature, or architecture.
"Following the composer's sudden death, the ambitious opera remained a mere torso of two incomplete acts."
• Rhymes for torso
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 18th century from Italian torso ('stalk, stump, trunk of a statue'), from Vulgar Latin *tursus, from Latin thyrsus ('stem, stalk'), and ultimately from Ancient Greek thyrsos.