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| tor·so [ táwrssō ] (plural tor·sos or tor·si [ táwrssee ]) |
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1. upper body: the upper part of the human body, not including the head and arms
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2. sculpture: a sculpture of a torso, or a broken statue of a human figure with the head, arms, and legs missing
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3. something with parts missing: something that has parts missing, because it has been mutilated or has not been completed
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| [Late 18th century. Via Italian, "trunk of a statue" < Latin thyrsus (see thyrsus)] |
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