torso

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  1. noun The human body excluding the head and limbs; trunk.
  2. noun A statue of the human body with the head and limbs omitted or removed.
  3. noun A truncated or unfinished thing.

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  • Even if Jeffrey went for her torso, there was still the chance that she would squeeze off a shot before she went down. —  Karin Slaughter - Kisscut
  • The additional volume around his torso was actually provided by a bandolier harness carrying an array of weapons. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
  • Half of his torso was a nasty salmon pink, covered with some glistening protective membrane. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
  • The bullet wound in his arm didn't look too bad, but the injury to his torso was another thing. —  Chance, Karen - Touch the Dark
  • Her hair- was leaf-green, her nails bark-brown, but her torso was as exposed and lush as that of the water nymph. —  Castle Roogna
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  1. Italian, trunk of a statue, from Old Italian, stalk, stem, from Vulgar Latin *tursus, from Latin thyrsus, stalk; see thyrsus.

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  1. Sometimes torse (from F.); =F. torse, a torso, from Italian torso, a stalk, stump, hence bust, torso, =Old French tros =Provencal tros =Spanish trozo, stem, stump, prob. from Old High German turso, torso, stalk, stem, Middle High German torse, dorsche, cabbage-stalk; cf. Greek θύρσος, rod, staff: see thyrsus.
 

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/ˈtɔrsoʊ/
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