Meaning

7 senses
  1. A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.

    Sturz, Holm

    фраму́гаframúga, фо́рточкаfórtočka

    фраму́гаframúha

    a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it

  2. A horizontal glazing bar in a window.

    Kämpfer, waagerechte Leiste

    a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door

  3. A transom window.

  4. Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.

    Heckbalken

    транецьtranecʹ

  5. The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.

    Spiegel, Heckspiegel

    тра́нецtránec

  6. The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.

    Querbalken, Querholz, Querstück

  7. (attributive, figuratively, usually)Items that have arrived over the transom.

    We are overwhelmed with transom resumes.

    They only met the deadline by working most of the night and making a transom filing.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. I can't reach the transom.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
crosspiece over a door:
nautical: transverse structural member:
Русский
By meaning 2
crosspiece over a door:
flat stern of a vessel:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
crosspiece over a door:
horizontal dividing bar in a window:
nautical: transverse structural member:
flat stern of a vessel:
horizontal beam:

Origin

From Middle English traunsom; probably an alteration of Latin trānstrum (“crossbeam”).

From Middle English traunsom; probably an alteration of Latin trānstrum (“crossbeam”).

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Forms

plural: transoms
Singulartransom
Pluraltransoms

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it:traverse
  • a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door:transom windowfanlight

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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