Strut vs. Truss

Strutnoun

Protuberance, air pressure

Strutnoun

A proud step or walk, with the head erect; affected dignity in walking.

Strutnoun

A support rod.

Strutnoun

An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.

Strutverb

(intransitive) To swell; protuberate; bulge or spread out.

Strutverb

To stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.

Strutverb

(intransitive) To walk proudly or haughtily.

Strutverb

To cause to swell; enlarge; give more importance to.

Strutverb

(transitive) To protrude; cause to bulge.

Strutverb

To brace or support by a strut ot struts; hold in place or strengthen by an upright, diagonal, or transverse support.

Strutadjective

(archaic) Swelling out; protuberant; bulging.

Strutverb

To swell; to bulge out.

Strutverb

To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity.

Strutverb

To hold apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3.

Strutnoun

The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.

Strutnoun

In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length. See Brace, and Illust. of Frame, and Roof.

Strutnoun

Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; - the opposite of stay, and tie.

Strutadjective

Protuberant.

Strutadjective

Struthious.

Strutnoun

a proud stiff pompous gait

Strutnoun

brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression

Strutverb

to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others;

Strutnoun

a rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression

Strutnoun

a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait

Strutverb

walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait

Strutverb

brace (something) with a strut or struts

Strut

A strut is a structural component commonly found in engineering, aeronautics, architecture and anatomy. Struts generally work by resisting longitudinal compression, but they may also serve in tension.

Trussnoun

A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.

Trussnoun

(architecture) A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.

Trussnoun

(architecture) A triangular bracket.

Trussnoun

An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.

Trussnoun

(obsolete) A bundle; a package.

Trussnoun

(historical) A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.

Trussnoun

(historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.

Trussnoun

(botany) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.

Trussnoun

(nautical) The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.

Trussnoun

A bundle; a package; as, a truss of grass.

Trussnoun

A padded jacket or dress worn under armor, to protect the body from the effects of friction; also, a part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.

Trussnoun

A bandage or apparatus used in cases of hernia, to keep up the reduced parts and hinder further protrusion, and for other purposes.

Trussnoun

A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants.

Trussnoun

The rope or iron used to keep the center of a yard to the mast.

Trussnoun

An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with the least possible strain across the length of any member. Architectural trusses when left visible, as in open timber roofs, often contain members not needed for construction, or are built with greater massiveness than is requisite, or are composed in unscientific ways in accordance with the exigencies of style.

Trussverb

To bind or pack close; to tie up tightly; to make into a truss.

Trussverb

To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.

Trussverb

To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.

Trussverb

To skewer; to make fast, as the wings of a fowl to the body in cooking it.

Trussverb

To execute by hanging; to hang; - usually with up.

Trussnoun

(medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure

Trussnoun

a framework of beams forming a rigid structure (as a roof truss)

Trussnoun

(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

Trussverb

tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it

Trussverb

secure with or as if with ropes;

Trussverb

support structurally;

Truss

A truss is an assembly of beams or other elements that creates a rigid structure.In engineering, a truss is a structure that . A is a structural component where force is applied to only two points.