Definitions for transom

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transom tran·som

Spelling: [tran-suh m]

IPA: /ˈtræn səm/

Transom is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 285 anagrams from letters in transom (amnorst).

Definitions for transom

noun

1. a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
2. Also called transom light, transom window. a window above such a crosspiece.
3. a crossbar of wood or stone, dividing a window horizontally.
4. a window so divided.
5. Nautical. a flat termination to a stern, above the water line. framework running athwartships in way of the sternpost of a steel or iron vessel, used as a support for the frames of the counter.
6. Artillery. a metal piece connecting the sidepieces of the tail or the cheeks of a gun carriage.

Origin of transom

1325-75; late Middle English traunsum, traunsom, Middle English transyn, probably alteration (by association with trans-) of traversayn Old French traversin crosspie

Examples for transom

The "hatch" was the transom over the door between the offices.

If the stern was square, the transom was set at a rake of not less than 45.

Plus, Con Ed gets first dibs on whatever comes over the transom.

Again Morgan lifted his eyes to the midnight orbs beyond the transom.

The transom was open, leaving an aperture of about three inches.

News does not come over the transom; reporters have to work hard to get it.

Now roost on the transom, over there in the corner, Stryker, and don't move.

The arch of the transom must be marked, and the hull cut down to the sheer.

Only Cadogan seemed to remember that Lavis was on the transom seat.

Cadogan wondered what the man on the transom was thinking of.