trunk

trunk  (trngk)

n.

1.

a. The main woody axis of a tree.

b. Architecture The shaft of a column.

2.

a. The body of a human or animal excluding the head and limbs.

b. The thorax of an insect.

3. A proboscis, especially the long prehensile proboscis of an elephant.

4.

a. A main body, apart from tributaries or appendages.

b. The main stem of a blood vessel or nerve apart from the branches.

5. A trunk line.

6. A chute or conduit.

7. Nautical

a. A watertight shaft connecting two or more decks.

b. The housing for the centerboard of a vessel.

8. Nautical Any of certain structures projecting above part of a main deck, as:

a. A covering over the hatches of a ship.

b. An expansion chamber on a tanker.

c. A cabin on a small boat.

9.

a. A covered compartment for luggage and storage, generally at the rear of an automobile.

b. A large packing case or box that clasps shut, used as luggage or for storage.

10. trunks Shorts worn for swimming or other athletics.

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[Middle English trunke, from Old French tronc, from Latin truncus; see ter-² in Indo-European roots.]

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trunk [trʌŋk]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the main stem of a tree, usually thick and upright, covered with bark and having branches at some distance from the ground

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a large strong case or box used to contain clothes and other personal effects when travelling and for storage

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy the body excluding the head, neck, and limbs; torso

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the elongated prehensile nasal part of an elephant; proboscis

5. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) the US and Canadian name for boot¹ [2]

6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy the main stem of a nerve, blood vessel, etc.

7. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a watertight boxlike cover within a vessel with its top above the waterline, such as one used to enclose a centreboard

8. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) an enclosed duct or passageway for ventilation, etc.

9. (modifier) of or relating to a main road, railway, etc., in a network a trunk line See also trunks

[from Old French tronc, from Latin truncus, from truncus (adj) lopped]

trunkful  n

trunkless  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trunk - the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber tree 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
	2.	trunk - luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage baggage, luggage - cases used to carry belongings when traveling footlocker, locker - a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks) trunk lid - hinged lid for a trunk
	3.	trunk - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" torso, body body, organic structure, physical structure - the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity diaphragm, midriff - (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration shoulder - the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm articulatio humeri, shoulder joint, shoulder - a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula serratus, serratus muscles - any of several muscles of the trunk side - either the left or right half of a body; "he had a pain in his side" chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates midriff, midsection, middle - the middle area of the human torso (usually in front); "young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable" waist, waistline - the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips paunch, belly - a protruding abdomen love handle, spare tire - excess fat around the waistline hip - either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh haunch - the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings abdomen, belly, stomach, venter - the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis back, dorsum - the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, derriere, fanny, rear end, tooshie, tush, seat, fundament, backside, bottom, rump, stern, tail end, tail, rear, bum, can, butt - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" buttock, cheek - either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump loins - the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen
	4.	trunk - compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools; "he put his golf bag in the trunk" automobile trunk, luggage compartment boot - British term for the luggage compartment in a car auto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" compartment - a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area
	5.	trunk - a long flexible snout as of an elephant proboscis neb, snout - a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose elephant - five-toed pachyderm mammoth - any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks

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trunk

noun

1. stem, stock, stalk, bole toadstools growing on fallen tree trunks

2. chest, case, box, crate, bin, suitcase, locker, coffer, casket, portmanteau, kist (Scot. & Northern English dialect) He had left most of his records in a trunk in the attic.

3. body, torso Simultaneously, raise your trunk 6 inches above the ground.

4. snout, nose, proboscis It could exert the suction power of an elephant's trunk.

Translations

trunk [trʌŋk]

A. N

1. [of tree] → tronco m

2. (Anat) (= human torso) → tronco m

3. [of elephant] → trompa f

4. (= big suitcase) → baúl m

5. (US) (= boot of car) → maletero m, baúl m (LAm), cajuela f (Mex), maletera f (S. Cone)

B. CPD trunk call N (Brit) (Telec) → conferencia f (interurbana)
to make a trunk call → llamar a larga distancia
trunk line N (Rail) → línea f troncal (Telec) → línea f principal
trunk road N (Brit) → carretera f principal

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trunk [ˈtrʌŋk] n

[tree] → tronc m

[elephant] → trompe f

(for luggage, storage) → malle f

(US) [car] → coffre m

[body] → tronc m
trunk call n (British) (old-fashioned) → communication f interurbaine
trunk road n (British) → (route f) nationale f

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trunk

n

(of tree) → Stamm m; (of body) → Rumpf m

(of elephant) → Rüssel m

(= case) → Schrankkoffer m

(US Aut) → Kofferraum m

trunks pl (for swimming) → Badehose f; (for sport) → Shorts pl; a pair of trunks → eine Badehose; (for sport) (→ ein Paar nt) → Shorts pl; (Brit: = underwear) → eine Unterhose

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trunk:

trunk call

n (Brit Telec) → Ferngespräch nt

trunk hose

n (Hist) → Pluderhose f

trunk line

n (Rail) → Hauptstrecke f; (Telec) → Fernleitung f

trunk road

n (Brit) → Fernstraße f

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trunk [trʌŋk] n (of tree, person) → tronco; (of elephant) → proboscide f; (piece of luggage) → baule m (Am) (Aut) (boot of car) → bagagliaio
see also trunks

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trunk [trʌŋk] n (of tree, person) → tronco; (of elephant) → proboscide f; (piece of luggage) → baule m (Am) (Aut) (boot of car) → bagagliaio
see also trunks

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trunk

n trunk [traŋk]

1 the main stem (of a tree) The trunk of this tree is five metres thick. stam جِذْع стъбло kmen træstamme der Stamm κορμός tronco tüvi تنه runko tronc גֶזַע तना deblo (fa)törzs batang pohon trjábolur tronco 幹 줄기 kamienas stumbrs batang stam (tre)stamme pień tronco trunchi ствол kmeň deblo stablo stam ลำต้น gövde 樹幹 стовбур تنا thân cây 树干

2 a large box or chest for packing or keeping clothes etc in He packed his trunk and sent it to Canada by sea. kis صُنْدوق أمْتِعَه сандък (lodní) kufr kiste der Schrankkoffer σεντούκι, μπαούλο baúl kohver چمدان بزرگ arkku malle אַרגָז מִטעַן धड़ kovčeg, škrinja bőrönd peti koffort, kista baule トランク 대형 여행 가방 skrynia lāde; ceļasoma; čemodāns peti koffer kiste, stor koffert kufer baú cufăr; geamantan сундук (lodný) kufor zaboj kofer koffert, trunk หีบใส่ของ sandık, büyük bavul 大衣箱 валіза; дорожня скриня ايک برا باکس va li 大衣箱

3 an elephant's long nose The elephant sucked up water into its trunk. slurp خُرْطوم الفيل хобот chobot snabel der Rüssel προβοσκίδα trompa lont خرطوم kärsä trompe חֶדֶק सन्दूक surla ormány belalai fílsrani proboscide 象の鼻 코끼리 코 straublys snuķis belalai slurf snabel trąba tromba trompă хобот chobot rilec surla snabel งวง fil hortumu 象鼻子 хобот سونڈ vòi của con voi 象鼻子

4 the body (not including the head, arms and legs) of a person (and certain animals) He had a powerful trunk, but thin arms. middellyf, bolyf جِذْع جِسْم الإنْسان труп trup krop der Leib κορμός, σώμα tronco kere تنه vartalo tronc גוּף सूड़ trup bez udova, tijelo törzs tubuh bolur, búkur tronco, torso 胴 몸통 liemuo rumpis batang tubuh romp kropp tułów tronco trunchi туловище trup trup trup bål, överkropp ลำตัว gövde 軀幹 тулуб دھڑ thân người 躯干

5 (American) a boot (of a car) Put your baggage in the trunk. kattebak, bagasiebak صُنْدوق السيّارَه الخَلْفي багажник kufr bagagerum der Kofferraum πορτ μπαγκάζ maletero pagasiruum صندوق عقب tavaratila coffre תָּא מִטעָן गाडी के पीछे सन्दूक आदि रखने का स्थान prtljažnik csomagtartó bagasi skott, farangursgeymsla bagagliaio 車のトランク (자동차) 트렁크 bagažinė (automobiļa) bagāžas nodalījums but kofferruimte bagasjerom bagażnik mala portbagaj багажник kufor prtljažnik prtljažnik bagageutrymme กระโปรงหลังรถ arabanın bagajı 汽車行李箱 багажник بکس نما ڈھکن thùng xe 汽车行李箱

n pl trunks

short trousers or pants worn by boys or men, especially the type used for swimming swimming-trunks; He wore only a pair of bathing -trunks. kortbroek, swembroek سِرْوال قَصير للحَمّام къси гащета plavky; trenýrky badebukser die (Bade-)Hose ανδρικό μαγιό traje de baño (de hombre) ujumispüksid شلوارک؛ شورت ورزشی uimahousut maillot de bain בֶּגֶד-יָם जांघिया bokserice úszónadrág celana pendek íþróttabuxur, sundskÿla pantaloncini 水泳パンツ 반바지 glaudės sporta biksītes; peldbikses seluar renang zwembroek badebukse, gymshorts spodenki calçOes slip плавки (pánske) plavky; trenírky kopalne hlačke kupaće gaće idrotts-, simbyxor, kortkalsonger กางเกงในชาย mayo (男用、小孩用遊泳)短褲 спортивні труси ايک قسم کا تيراکي کا لباس quần soóc của đàn ông （男用、小孩用游泳）短裤

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trunk → جِذْع kmen kuffert Baumstamm κορμός tronco puunrunko tronc deblo tronco 幹 나무 줄기 boomstam (tre)stamme pień tronco ствол koffert ลำต้น ağaç gövdesi thân cây 树干