Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 15 compound words that contain truss. The most common are listed below. Open truss in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- truss bridgeA bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss or a set of trusses.
- Howe trussA truss bridge consisting of chords, verticals, and diagonals whose vertical members are in tension and whose diagonal members are in compression.
- K trussA kind of truss shaped like the capital letter K.
- queen trussA truss framed with queen posts.
- truss bridgesplural of truss bridge: A bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss or a set of trusses.
- truss rodA steel rod that stabilises the neck of a guitar
- Warren trussA truss employing a weight-saving design based on equilateral triangles.
- Fink trussA truss used for roofs and bridges, having multiple diagonal members projecting down from the top of the end posts at a variety of angles to meet the bottoms of the vertical members.
- Vierendeel trussA truss-like structure whose members are not triangulated, but form rectangular openings; it is a frame with fixed joints that are capable of transferring and resisting bending moments.
- hammer beam trussA kind of roof truss, so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.
- jack trussIn a hip roof, a minor truss used where the roof does not have its full section.
- truss rodsplural of truss rod: A steel rod that stabilises the neck of a guitar
- truss upSynonym of truss (“tie up”).
- truss-workAlternative form of trusswork: Structures consisting of trusses.
- X trussA kind of truss shaped like the letter X.
Compound words 15
- TrussianOf or pertaining to Liz Truss (born 1975), British politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom in 2022.
- TrussiteA political supporter of Liz Truss (born 1975), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister in September–October 2022.
- nanotrussA nanoscale truss, typically formed from a nanoceramic
- TrussonomicsThe economic policies and theories of former UK prime minister Liz Truss.
- untrussTo free from a truss; to untie or unfasten
- trusserOne who, or that which, trusses.
- trussmakerA manufacturer of trusses (surgical appliances for hernias).
- trusseththird-person singular simple present indicative of truss: A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
- TrussellA surname.
- Trussellsplural of Trussell: A surname.