'Torso' definitions:

Definition of 'torso'

(from WordNet)
noun
The body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: torso, trunk, body]

Definition of 'Torso'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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