Usually means: Horizontal crossbar in window, door.
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We found 39 dictionaries that define the word transom:

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  1. transom: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. transom: Merriam-Webster
  3. transom: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. transom: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. transom: Collins English Dictionary
  6. transom: Vocabulary.com
  7. Transom, transom, the-transom: Wordnik
  8. transom, transom (window): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. transom: Wiktionary
  10. transom: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. transom: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. transom: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. transom: Dictionary.com
  14. transom: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Transom (architectural), Transom (architecture), Transom (nautical), Transom: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Transom: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. transom: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. transom: Rhymezone
  19. Transom: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. transom: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. transom: FreeDictionary.org
  22. transom: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. transom: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. transom: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. TRANSOM: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transom: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Transom: Castle Terms

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Transom: Sports Definitions

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Efficient Windows (No longer online)
  3. TRANSOM: Glossary of Nautical Terms
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  5. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Transom: Latitude Mexico

(Note: See transoms as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (architecture) A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
noun:  (architecture) A horizontal glazing bar in a window.
noun:  A transom window.
noun:  (nautical) Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
noun:  (nautical) The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.
noun:  The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
noun:  (figuratively, usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom.

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