TORSO
What does "TORSO" mean?
The trunk of the human body, excluding the head and limbs.
Meanings
- The central part of the human body, between the neck and the hips, without head, arms, or legs. He twisted his torso to look over his shoulder.
- A statue of the trunk of the body, especially one whose head and limbs are missing. The museum's most famous piece is a headless marble torso. technical
Did you know?
- The word literally means 'stump': from the Italian for the stalk of a plant - the body's trunk imagined as a stem stripped of its branches.
Word origin
From Italian 'torso', meaning 'stalk' or 'stump', from Latin 'thyrsus', from Greek 'thyrsos', a wand or stalk - the trunk of the body seen as a stem.
Remember it
A TORSO is your body's 'stalk' - Italian for stem; picture an apple core left when head, arms and legs are eaten away.
A little poem
Marble without arms-
and still the cold stone seems to
lean toward the light.
haiku
What it teaches
A thing can lose its head and limbs and still hold the shape of its strength.
Quick facts
What does TORSO mean?
The trunk of the human body, excluding the head and limbs.
Is TORSO a valid word?
Yes — TORSO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TORSO?
TORSO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does TORSO come from?
From Italian 'torso', meaning 'stalk' or 'stump', from Latin 'thyrsus', from Greek 'thyrsos', a wand or stalk - the trunk of the body seen as a stem.
What can TORSO teach us?
A thing can lose its head and limbs and still hold the shape of its strength.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.