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truss

[truhs] / trʌs /


NOUN
framework
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It is to his credit that the cathedral is not a simulacrum or facsimile, but a Gothic building, in all its structural reality, even the invisible oak roof truss above the vaults.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 3, 2025

Absent those images, watching Lois debone, stuff and truss up a turducken would be mouthwatering.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2024

“We got the best truss guy in the city,” said Danielle Kramer, the company’s chief operating officer.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2024

The cargo hit an overhead brace, which in turn yanked one of the major truss beams inward, next to the southbound lanes, among other impacts.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2024

It was a bowstring truss seventy feet high.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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