trunk
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English trunke, from Old French tronc (“alms box, tree trunk, headless body”), from Latin truncus (“a stock, lopped tree trunk”), from truncus (“cut off, maimed, mutilated”). For the verb, compare French tronquer, and see truncate.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
trunk (plural trunks)
- The (usually single) upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches: the tree trunk.
- A large suitcase, usually requiring two persons to lift and with a hinged lid.
- The torso.
- The extended and articulated nose or nasal organ of an elephant.
- (US, Canada, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
- (US, telecommunications) A circuit between telephone switchboards or other switching equipment.
- a chute or conduit, or a watertight shaft connecting two or more decks.
- (software engineering, jargon) in software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
- (transport) A main line in a river, canal, railroad, or highway system.
Synonyms [edit]
- (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car): boot (UK, Aus)
- (upright part of a tree): tree trunk
- (nose of an elephant): proboscis
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
tree trunk
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large suitcase or chest
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torso — see torso
extended nasal organ of an elephant
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luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car
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telecommunications line
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swimming trunks — see swimming trunks
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External links [edit]
- trunk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- trunk in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Verb [edit]
trunk (third-person singular simple present trunks, present participle trunking, simple past and past participle trunked)