"transom" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹæn.səm/ Forms: transoms [plural]
Rhymes: -ænsəm Etymology: From Middle English traunsom; probably an alteration of Latin trānstrum (“crossbeam”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*terh₂-|*-trom}}, {{inh|en|enm|traunsom}} Middle English traunsom, {{der|en|la|trānstrum||crossbeam}} Latin trānstrum (“crossbeam”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} transom (plural transoms)
  1. (architecture) A crosspiece over a door; a lintel. Categories (topical): Architectural elements Translations (crosspiece over a door): щурц (šturc) [masculine] (Bulgarian), travesser [masculine] (Catalan), kamana (Finnish), traverse [feminine] (French), Sturz [masculine] (German), Holm [masculine] (German), trasnán [masculine] (Irish), kārupe (Maori), kororupe (Maori), kōrupe (Maori), pare (Maori), traunsom (Middle English), фраму́га (framúga) [feminine] (Russian), фо́рточка (fórtočka) (english: Russian style) [feminine] (Russian), travesaño [masculine] (Spanish), фраму́га (framúha) [feminine] (Ukrainian), croeslath [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-transom-en-noun-VBFs~hOP Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'crosspiece over a door': 89 3 1 1 1 1 4
  2. (architecture) A horizontal glazing bar in a window. Categories (topical): Architectural elements Translations (horizontal dividing bar in a window): пречка (prečka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vaakajakokarmi (Finnish), Kämpfer [masculine] (German), waagerechte Leiste [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-transom-en-noun-umkiZe43 Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'horizontal dividing bar in a window': 1 54 12 7 1 21 3
  3. A transom window. Categories (topical): Architecture
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  4. (nautical) Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (nautical: transverse structural member): транец (tranec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), poikkipuu (Finnish), Heckbalken [masculine] (German), arcaccia [feminine] (Italian), pawęż [feminine] (Polish), транець (tranecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-transom-en-noun-QYb3XDHM Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'nautical: transverse structural member': 3 4 3 72 8 4 6
  5. (nautical) The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (flat stern of a vessel): транец (tranec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), espill [masculine] (Catalan), estampa [feminine] (Catalan), mirall de popa [masculine] (Catalan), peräpeili (Finnish), perälauta (Finnish), Spiegel [masculine] (German), Heckspiegel [masculine] (German), ahterispeili (Ingrian), tapuwae (Maori), тра́нец (tránec) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-transom-en-noun-cFAWR7zy Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'flat stern of a vessel': 1 2 1 40 52 1 3
  6. The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows. Translations (horizontal beam): разпънка (razpǎnka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), poikkipuu (Finnish), Querbalken [masculine] (German), Querholz [neuter] (German), Querstück [neuter] (German), Riegel [masculine] (German), huapae (Maori)
    Sense id: en-transom-en-noun-nsiChkBw Disambiguation of 'horizontal beam': 2 31 6 2 1 57 2
  7. (figuratively, usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom. Tags: attributive, figuratively, usually
    Sense id: en-transom-en-noun-NudS-oYl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: over the transom, transom window, a hinged glassed frame above such a crossbar Related terms: fortochka

Inflected forms

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        "(figuratively, usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom."
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        "(nautical) Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart."
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        "The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship."
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        "(nautical) The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship."
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        "Items that have arrived over the transom."
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        "(figuratively, usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "crosspiece over a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "sense": "crosspiece over a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "travesser"
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      "sense": "crosspiece over a door",
      "word": "kamana"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "crosspiece over a door",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "traverse"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "crosspiece over a door",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sturz"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "crosspiece over a door",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Holm"
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "trasnán"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "crosspiece over a door",
      "word": "kārupe"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "crosspiece over a door",
      "word": "kororupe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "crosspiece over a door",
      "word": "kōrupe"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "crosspiece over a door",
      "word": "pare"
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      "sense": "crosspiece over a door",
      "word": "traunsom"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "cy",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prečka",
      "sense": "horizontal dividing bar in a window",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "horizontal dividing bar in a window",
      "word": "vaakajakokarmi"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "horizontal dividing bar in a window",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Kämpfer"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "horizontal dividing bar in a window",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "waagerechte Leiste"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tranec",
      "sense": "nautical: transverse structural member",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "nautical: transverse structural member",
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nautical: transverse structural member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Heckbalken"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nautical: transverse structural member",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arcaccia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "nautical: transverse structural member",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pawęż"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tranecʹ",
      "sense": "nautical: transverse structural member",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "транець"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "flat stern of a vessel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "espill"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "flat stern of a vessel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estampa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "flat stern of a vessel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "mirall de popa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "flat stern of a vessel",
      "word": "peräpeili"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "flat stern of a vessel",
      "word": "perälauta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "flat stern of a vessel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Spiegel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "flat stern of a vessel",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Heckspiegel"
    },
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      "code": "izh",
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      "sense": "flat stern of a vessel",
      "word": "ahterispeili"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "flat stern of a vessel",
      "word": "tapuwae"
    },
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      ],
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razpǎnka",
      "sense": "horizontal beam",
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      "word": "разпънка"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "horizontal beam",
      "word": "poikkipuu"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "horizontal beam",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "horizontal beam",
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      "word": "Querholz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "horizontal beam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Querstück"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "horizontal beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Riegel"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "horizontal beam",
      "word": "huapae"
    }
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    "transom"
  ],
  "word": "transom"
}

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