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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOR'SO, n. The trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as the torso of Hercules.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: torso, trunk, body]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural torsos or torsi) Etymology: Italian, literally, stalk, from Latin thyrsus stalk, thyrsus Date: 1722 1. a sculptured representation of the trunk of a human body 2. something (as a piece of writing) that is mutilated or left unfinished 3. the human trunk

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -os) 1 the trunk of the human body. 2 a statue of a human consisting of the trunk alone, without head or limbs. 3 an unfinished or mutilated work (esp. of art, literature, etc.). Etymology: It., = stalk, stump, torso, f. L thyrsus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(torsos) Your torso is the main part of your body, and does not include your head, arms, and legs. (FORMAL) N-COUNT: oft poss N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Trunk (of a statue).

Moby Thesaurus

anatomy, body, bones, carcass, clay, clod, corpus, figure, flesh, form, frame, hulk, material body, person, physical body, physique, soma, trunk