transom.
A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
Meaning & usage
A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
A horizontal glazing bar in a window.
A transom window.
Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.
The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English traunsom; probably an alteration of Latin trānstrum (“crossbeam”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.