Definitions of trunk [ʌŋk]

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Definition of 'trunk'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) trunk
the main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.

2.  trunk
a large sturdy box or case for holding or transporting clothes, personal effects, etc.

3.  trunk
a large compartment, usu. in the rear of an automobile, for holding luggage, a spare tire, etc.

4.  trunk
the body of a person or an animal excluding the head and appendages; torso.

5.  trunk
the long, flexible cylindrical nasal appendage of the elephant.

6.  trunk
the main channel, artery, or line in a river, railroad, highway, or other tributary system.

7.  trunk
a telephone line or channel between two central offices or switching devices.

8.  trunk
a telegraph line or channel between two main or central offices.

9.  trunk
the main body of an artery, nerve, or the like, as distinct from its branches.

10.  trunk
trunks,

11.  trunk
brief shorts, worn by men chiefly for boxing, swimming, and track.

12.  trunk
the shaft of a column.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME trunke < L truncus, n. use of adj.: mutilated, lopped off)

Definition of 'trunk'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) trunk, tree trunk, bole
the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

2. (noun) trunk
luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage

3. (noun) torso, trunk, body
the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
"they moved their arms and legs and bodies"

4. (noun) luggage compartment, automobile trunk, trunk
compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
"he put his golf bag in the trunk"

5. (noun) proboscis, trunk
a long flexible snout as of an elephant

Definition of 'trunk'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) trunk
the thick bottom part of a tree
the bark on the trunk of the tree

2.  trunk
the storage section at the back of a car
Put the groceries in the trunk.

3.  trunk
a large, strong container for storing or transporting things
a trunk full of old clothes

4.  trunk
an elephant's nose

Definition of 'trunk'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) trunk
the stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk

2. (noun) trunk
the body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs

3. (noun) trunk
the main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches

4. (noun) trunk
that part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column

5. (noun) trunk
that segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus

6. (noun) trunk
the proboscis of an elephant

7. (noun) trunk
the proboscis of an insect

8. (noun) trunk
a long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath

9. (noun) trunk
a box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler

10. (noun) trunk
a flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained

11. (noun) trunk
a large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact

12. (noun) trunk
a long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc

13. (verb) trunk
to lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim

14. (verb) trunk
to extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9

Translation of 'trunk'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the main stem (of a tree) The trunk of this tree is five metres thick.
Afrikaans: stam	Arabic: جِذْع	Bulgarian: стъбло
Brazilian: tronco	Czech: kmen	German: der Stamm
Danish: træstamme	Greek: κορμός	Spanish: tronco
Estonian: tüvi	Farsi: تنه	Finnish: runko
French: tronc	Hebrew: גֶזַע	Hindi: तना
Croatian: deblo	Hungarian: (fa)törzs	Indonesian: batang pohon
Icelandic: trjábolur	Italian: tronco	Japanese: 幹
Korean: 줄기	Lithuanian: kamienas	Latvian: stumbrs
Malay: batang	Dutch: stam	Norwegian: (tre)stamme
Polish: pień	Persian: تنه	Pashto: تنه
Portuguese: tronco	Romanian: trunchi	Russian: ствол
Slovak: kmeň	Slovenian: deblo	Serbian: stablo
Swedish: stam	Thai: ลำต้น	Turkish: gövde
Taiwanese: 樹幹	Ukrainian: стовбур	Urdu: تنا
Vietnamese: thân cây	Chinese: 树干
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