noun
Meaning 1
A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
transom
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/ˈtɹæn.səm/
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noun
Meaning 2
A horizontal glazing bar in a window.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A transom window.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
Items that have arrived over the transom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, figuratively, usually
Examples
- We are overwhelmed with transom resumes.
- They only met the deadline by working most of the night and making a transom filing.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: traverse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: crosspiece
noun
Meaning 9
a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: transom window, fanlight
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: window
History
Etymology
From Middle English traunsom; probably an alteration of Latin trānstrum (“crossbeam”).
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: щурц (šturc) — crosspiece over a door
- Catalan: travesser — crosspiece over a door
- Finnish: kamana — crosspiece over a door
- French: traverse — crosspiece over a door
- German: Sturz — crosspiece over a door
- German: Holm — crosspiece over a door
- Irish: trasnán — crosspiece over a door
- Māori: kārupe — crosspiece over a door
- Māori: kororupe — crosspiece over a door
- Māori: kōrupe — crosspiece over a door
- Māori: pare — crosspiece over a door
- Middle English: traunsom — crosspiece over a door
- Russian: фраму́га (framúga) — crosspiece over a door
- Russian: фо́рточка (fórtočka) — crosspiece over a door
- Spanish: travesaño — crosspiece over a door
- Ukrainian: фраму́га (framúha) — crosspiece over a door
- Welsh: croeslath — crosspiece over a door
- Bulgarian: пречка (prečka) — horizontal dividing bar in a window
- Finnish: vaakajakokarmi — horizontal dividing bar in a window
- German: Kämpfer — horizontal dividing bar in a window
- German: waagerechte Leiste — horizontal dividing bar in a window
- Bulgarian: транец (tranec) — nautical: transverse structural member
- Finnish: poikkipuu — nautical: transverse structural member
- German: Heckbalken — nautical: transverse structural member
- Italian: arcaccia — nautical: transverse structural member
- Polish: pawęż — nautical: transverse structural member
- Portuguese: gio — nautical: transverse structural member
- Ukrainian: транець (tranecʹ) — nautical: transverse structural member
- Bulgarian: транец (tranec) — flat stern of a vessel
- Catalan: espill — flat stern of a vessel
- Catalan: estampa — flat stern of a vessel
- Catalan: mirall de popa — flat stern of a vessel
- Dutch: spiegel — flat stern of a vessel
- Finnish: peräpeili — flat stern of a vessel
- Finnish: perälauta — flat stern of a vessel
- German: Spiegel — flat stern of a vessel
- German: Heckspiegel — flat stern of a vessel
- Ingrian: ahterispeili — flat stern of a vessel
- Māori: tapuwae — flat stern of a vessel
- Russian: тра́нец (tránec) — flat stern of a vessel
- Bulgarian: разпънка (razpǎnka) — horizontal beam
- Finnish: poikkipuu — horizontal beam
- German: Querbalken — horizontal beam
- German: Querholz — horizontal beam
- German: Querstück — horizontal beam
- German: Riegel — horizontal beam
- Māori: huapae — horizontal beam
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