Definition of Torso. Meaning of Torso. Synonyms of Torso

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Definition of Torso

Torso
Torso Tor"so, n.; pl. E. Torsos, It. Torsi. [It. torso, probably fr. L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, thyrsus, Gr. ?; cf. OHG. torso, turso, a stalk, stem, G. dorsche a cabbage stalk. Cf. Thyrsus, Truss.] The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.

Meaning of Torso from wikipedia

- The torso or trunk is an anatomical term for the central part, or the core, of the body of many animals (including human beings), from which the head...
- The Cleveland Torso Murderer, also known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, was an unidentified serial killer who was active in Cleveland, Ohio, United...
- for example Belvedere Torso. Torso may also refer to: Torsö, an island in Sweden Torsö (crater), a crater on the planet Mars Torso (Image Comics), a graphic...
- Torso of a Young Man is a sculpture created by Constantin Brâncuși between 1917 and 1922. It depicts the male torso as a simple cylinder mounted on vestigial...
- Turning Torso is a neo-****urist residential skys****er built in Malmö, Sweden, in 2005. It was the tallest building in the Nordic region until September...
- The Belvedere Torso is a 1.59-metre-tall (5.2 ft) fragmentary marble statue of a male nude, known to be in Rome from the 1430s, and signed prominently...
- Webdriver Torso is a YouTube automated performance testing account that became famous in 2014 for speculations about its (then unexplained) nature and...
- "Adam" was the name police gave to an unidentified male child whose torso was discovered in the River Thames in London, United Kingdom, on 21 September...
- Torso Murders can refer to the following murders, and Torso Killer or Torso Murderer can refer to their perpetrators: Cleveland Torso Murders, in the...
- Torso (Italian: I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale, lit. 'The Bodies Bear Traces of Carnal Violence', also released as Carnal Violence) is...