How to pronounce truss
American English pronunciation
TRUS
- IPA
- /ˈtɹʌs/
- Syllables
- TRUS (1 syllable)
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What truss means
A frame of beams joined in triangles that holds up a roof
In a sentence: Workers lifted the wooden trusses into place to hold up the barn roof.
Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word that goes back to a Latin word meaning "twisted."
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