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Plural of truss

regular plural

The plural of truss is trusses.

Forms of truss

Singulartruss /tɹʌs/
Pluraltrusses
Countablecountable

Trusses in a sentence

  • The weight of the wrought-ironwork in each of the trusses is 460 tons, inclusive of the longitudinal and cross girders weighing 130 tons.1952 September, “Chepstow River Bridge Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 623
  • I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.From the entry takeoff
  • I drink a swig of it and get to work zip-tying lights inside of trusses.2012, Brianna Kayleen, One's Story, →ISBN. From the entry zip-tie
  • The cove ceiling had carved trusses with decorative detailing and pendills.2000, Anthony Mitchell Sammarco, Paul Buchanan, Milton Architecture, page 12. From the entry pendill
  • They will produce anything from three to six trusses depending on the area.1984, Larkcom, Joy, The salad garden, Windward, →ISBN, page 96. From the entry sideshoot

Meaning of truss

  1. noun A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun A triangular bracket.

Full definition of truss

Questions about the plural of truss

What is the plural of truss?
The plural of truss is trusses.
Is truss countable?
Truss is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: truss (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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