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# torso

«torso» in Mova's school dictionary: **the main part of the human body, not counting the head…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a torso, torsos)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The torso is the main part of the human body, not counting the head, arms and legs; the chest, stomach and back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torso/#m1)

2) A torso is a statue of a body without a head, arms or legs, like many old Greek statues found broken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torso/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons, children label the torso on body diagrams and learn that it holds the heart, lungs, stomach and other organs. In art and history, museums display ancient torsos. In sport and PE, «twist your torso» is a stretch. Phrases: «upper torso», «twist your torso».

### examples

- The heart and lungs are in the torso. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torso/#x1)
- Twist your torso slowly from side to side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torso/#x2)
- The museum had a marble torso from ancient Greece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torso/#x3)
- We drew the torso, then added arms and legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torso/#x4)
- The life jacket covers your whole torso. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torso/#x5)
- A rash spread across his torso. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torso/#x6)

### note

Countable; plural «torsos». Close words: «trunk» (the body without limbs), «upper body».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «torso» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torso/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.