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torso

American  
[tawr-soh] / ˈtɔr soʊ /

noun

plural

torsos, torsi

  1. the trunk of the human body.

  2. a sculptured form representing the trunk of a nude female or male figure.

  3. something mutilated or incomplete.

torso British  
/ ˈtɔːsəʊ /

noun

  1. the trunk of the human body

  2. a statue of a nude human trunk, esp without the head or limbs

  3. something regarded as incomplete or truncated

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Etymology

Origin of torso

1715–25; < Italian: stalk, trunk of statue < Latin thyrsus < Greek thýrsos wand, stem

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