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tree trunk

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Noun1.tree trunktree trunk - the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
trunk, bole
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
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tree trunk n → tronco d'albero
tree trunk n → tronco d'albero


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He fastened it together with wooden pegs and made the four wheels out of short pieces of a big tree trunk.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
Once it was a wild sow which scuttled out of the bracken, with two young sounders at her heels, and once a lordly red staggard walked daintily out from among the tree trunks, and looked around him with the fearless gaze of one who lived under the King's own high protection.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Dwarf pines were numerous upon the hills, and partly fringed the outer verge of the intermediate hollow, within which there was nothing but the brown grass of October, and here and there a tree trunk that had fallen long ago, and lay mouldering with no green successsor from its roots.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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