Transom

What do we mean by transom?

A horizontal crosspiece over a door or between a door and a window above it. noun

A small hinged window above a door or another window. noun

A horizontal dividing bar of wood or stone in a window. noun

A lintel. noun

Any of several transverse beams affixed to the sternpost of a wooden ship and forming part of the stern. noun

The aftermost transverse structural member in a steel ship, including the floor, frame, and beam assembly at the sternpost. noun

The stern of a square-sterned boat when it is a structural member. noun

The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows. noun

(over the transom) Without being agreed to; unsolicited. idiom

One of the cross-ties or sleepers laid under the longitudinal sills of a permanent way for a street railway, or for any railway laid on this system, as in a mine. noun

In architecture, a horizontal bar of timber or stone across a window; also, the cross-bar separating a door from the fanlight above it. See mullion. noun

Same as transom-window, 2. noun

A slat of a bedstead. noun

Nautical, one of several beams or timbers fixed across the stern-post of a ship to strengthen the after part and give it the figure most suitable to the service for which the vessel is intended. See also cut under counter. noun

In a saw-pit, a joist resting transversely upon the strakes. noun

One of two beams of wood or metal secured horizontally to the side frames of a railway car-truck. They are placed one on each side of the swing-bolster. noun

In gunnery, a piece of wood or iron joining the cheeks of gun-carriages, whence the terms transom-plates, transom-bolts, etc. noun

In surveying, a piece of wood made to slide upon a cross-staff; the vane of a cross-staff. noun

A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.

A horizontal dividing 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.

(usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom.

Words that are spelled similarly to transom:
transom, ransom, transcom.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word transom:
skeg, entablature, fanlight, lintel, sash, pediment, outboard, cornice, architrave, tracery, entryway, ell, palladian, cartouche, gabled, raked, leaded, fluted, window, molded, recessed, vestibule, flanked, woodwork, waterline, balustrade, flanking, casement, doorway, stern, portico, rudder, tenement, doric, porch, stair, radiating, stack, dormer, molding, windows, rigged, vane, arched, gable, etched, keel, bays, moulded, glazed, knot, hallway, balcony, italianate, facade, projecting, topped, verandah, frieze, aft, framed, eaves, fireplace, flaps, surround, chimney, flush, parlor, elliptical, door, sheltered, lights, ballast, openings, stained, keystone, staircase, doors, spacing, hung, opens, rig, interior, permitted, brackets, entrance, conventional, floral, rectangular, brick, panels, hull, decorative, roof, capped, above, sliding, mast, styling, trim.

Words that rhyme with transom:
handsome, ransom, hansom, ransome, sansom, advance him, advance some, afghanistan some, anne some, ban some, began some, bransom, can some, can sum, chance some, circumstance some, dance him, dance some, enhance some, finance him, finance some, france some, glance some, japan some, man some, overran some, pakistan some, perchance some, plan some, ran some, refinance some, scan some, span some, stance some, than some.

Adjectives that are often used to describe transom:
open, stern, flat, wing, narrow, rear, front, small, wide, broad, pivoted, high, shaped, stationary, embattled, large, upper, arched, lower, rectangular, horizontal, cushioned, curved, the, main, glass, raked, over, wooden, closed, light, low, elliptical, starboard, middle, deck, heavy, hinged, double, semicircular, plain, vertical, lighted, port, straight, round, overhead, leaded, helm, stained, solid, false, fitted, reverse, usual, glazed, broken, operable, opposite, post, centre, rounded, thick, top, tiny, upright, wardroom, massive, lowest, moulded, carved, huge, varnished, shattered, fixed, dear, bottom, oblong, forward, paneled, aft, circular, immersed, movable, stout, paned.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective transom:
windows, crosses, window, submissions, manuscripts, cross, type, knees, illustration, stern, inquiries.

Consonant match to transom:
train some.

Words that sound like transom:
transom, transume, trancing, trans am, trantham, tranum, trouncing, trentham, trisome, tansen, traynham, transcend, trances, transeunt, tanzim, trance, ransom, ransome, transe, truism, tranced, trana, tenson, trism, tanzen, tasm, townson, transite, trunnion, tyrrhenian, transue, trennen, tanum, transl, transco, trenza, trennung, trunion, handsome, hansom, grandson, danson, aronson, franson, dansen, aaronson, fransen, training, transit, tracing, truncheon, tensing, tamsin, tamsyn, trenching, tensin, train set, trussing, trounces, trainset, trucing, tramming, dancing, transform, thompson, tandem, teresa, trans, theresa, tranny, dancin, prancing, trama, thomson, branson, ranson, trannie, tantum, tomson, tannen, teressa, dancin', traina, trahan, timson, tarantism, tanen, ternion, trahison, tansu, at random, trainmen, tranent, terena, trainman, tranation, terentia, tarama, terrassa, transf.