transom

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (2)  · 
“
With post-convention polls tightening, some even showing a lead for John McCain, the transom is abuzz with advice for Barack Obama.

View all »
Definitions (21)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (8)

  1. noun A horizontal crosspiece over a door or between a door and a window above it.
  2. noun A small hinged window above a door or another window.
  3. noun A horizontal dividing bar of wood or stone in a window.
5 more from this dictionary »

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (10)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (2)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • I also think that The New Era and The Friend not accepting fiction over the transom (they were enormously supportive of new writers) is a contributing factor. —  A Motley Vision
  • But I suspect that when she went looking for a publisher, she wasn't exactly throwing her manuscript in over the transom - and collecting enough rejection letters to paper one of her many bathrooms. —  Pink Slip
  • The transom area featues a sturdy fiberglass door with a 316L stainless positive locking device. —  Reflector - Latest Headlines from The Daily Reflector
  • Grady's patented folding aft bench seat is located just in front of the transom, and when in the up position not only really opens the deck but also allows ready access to the generator that provides power for air-conditioned cabin comfort. —  Reflector - Latest Headlines from The Daily Reflector
  • All I ever get over the transom are emails promoting books on political economics or films about western imperialism and invitations to help raise money for candidates in states I never even visit. —  Across the Great Divide
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 85 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (2)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Middle English traunsom, probably alteration of Latin trānstrum, cross-beam, from trāns, across; see trans-.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. Formerly transome, late Middle English traunsom; prob., through an Old French form not found, from Latin transtrum, a cross-bank in a vessel, a thwart, in architecture a cross-beam, a transom; apparently from trans, across, + suffix -trum. Some take it to be an accommodation form of a supposed Greek *θρανιστρον, from θρᾱνος, a bench, bank.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈtrænsəm/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about once a year.

Recently looked up

subjugation · Paracetamol · NDFP · disbelief · acupuncture

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

eu oi oìa u ou e u oìa · the octopi are dry · Kansas City · spell it rite · put it in your pocket