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How to pronounce “transom”
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Pronunciation guide for transom
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of transom with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Dan Phillips: Creative houses from reclaimed stuff 19 minutes
This double front door here with the three-light transom,
- Definition summary
- (architecture) A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce transom
Dan Phillips: Creative houses from reclaimed stuff 19 minutes

This double front door here with the three-light transom,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “transom”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (architecture) A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
- (architecture) A horizontal glazing bar in a window.
- A transom window.
- (nautical) Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
- (nautical) The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.a ship's transom (flat stern)
- The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
- (figuratively, usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom.
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