torso
noun/ˈtɔːsəʊ/
/ˈtɔːrsəʊ/
(plural torsos)
- the main part of the body, not including the head, arms or legs synonym trunk
- He took off his T-shirt to reveal his tanned torso.
- The headless torso of a man was found in some bushes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bare
- naked
- tanned
- …
- reveal
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- a statue of a torso
- The museum has a Roman torso in the entrance hall.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘stalk, stump’, from Latin thyrsus, from Greek thursos ‘plant stalk’.
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