Dictionary Definition
trunk
Noun
1 the main stem of a tree; usually covered with
bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for
lumber [syn: tree trunk,
bole]
2 luggage consisting of a large strong case used
when traveling or for storage
3 the body excluding the head and neck and limbs;
"they moved their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: torso, body]
4 compartment in an automobile that carries
luggage or shopping or tools; "he put his golf bag in the trunk"
[syn: luggage
compartment, automobile
trunk]
5 a long flexible snout as of an elephant [syn:
proboscis]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /tʃɹʌŋk/
- Rhymes: -ʌŋk
Noun
- The (usually single) upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
- 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.
- In the context of "US|automotive": The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
- In the context of "US|telecommunications": A circuit between telephone switchboards or other switching equipment.
- a chute or conduit, or a watertight shaft connecting two or more decks.
Synonyms
- boot (UK, Aus)
- italbrac-colon upright part of a tree tree trunk
Translations
tree trunk
- Albanian: trung
- Catalan: tronc
- Croatian: stablo, deblo
- Czech: kmen
- Dutch: stam
- Finnish: runko, puunrunko
- French: tronc
- German: Stamm
- Greek: κορμός
- Hungarian: törzs, fatörzs
- Italian: tronco
- Japanese: 幹
- Korean: 그루 (geuru)
- Kurdish: qurm
- Latin: truncus
- Polish: pień
- Portuguese: tronco
- Romanian: trunchi and
- Russian: ствол
- Serbian: deblo, stablo
- Slovene: deblo
- Spanish: tronco
- Swedish: stam
- Telugu: కాండము (kaaMDamu)
large suitcase or chest
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 行李箱 (xínglǐxiāng)
- Dutch: koffer
- Finnish: matkalaukku, matka-arkku, kirstu
- French: malle
- German: Koffer
- Hungarian: bőrönd
- Italian: baule
- Japanese: 行李, 長持, トランク
- Korean: 트렁크 (teureongkeu)
- Portuguese: baú
- Russian: сундук
- Serbian: sanduk, kovčeg
- Slovene: zaboj , kovček
- Spanish: baúl
- Swedish: koffert
torso
extended nasal organ of an elephant
luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon
style car
- Dutch: koffer , laadruimte
- Finnish: tavarasäiliö, tavaratila, takakontti, matkatavaratila, matkatavarasäiliö
- French: coffre
- German: Kofferraum
- Italian: baule
- Japanese: トランク
- Korean: 트렁크 (teureongkeu)
- Russian: багажник
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: гепек
,
пртљажник
- Roman: gepek , prtljažnik
- Cyrillic: гепек
,
пртљажник
- Slovene: prtljažnik
- Spanish: baúl , cajuela , joroba italbrac Costa Rica, maleta , maletera , maletero , valija italbrac Uruguay, valijera
- Swedish: baklucka , bagagelucka , bagageutrymme , skuff
telecommunications line
- Japanese: 中継回線
- Russian: магистраль (magistrál’) , магистральная линия (magistrál’naja línija)
swimming trunks See swimming
trunks
Translations to be checked
Extensive Definition
Trunk may refer to:
Biology:
- Trunk, torso
- Trunk, an elephant's proboscis or nose
- Trunk (botany), a tree's central superstructure
Containers:
- Trunk (luggage)
- Trunk (automobile), a large storage compartment
- Trunk (motorcycle), a storage compartment
Other:
- Trunk road
- Trunk (software), in revision control
- Trunk Records, a record label
See also
- Trunk shot, auto-trunk camera work
- Trunks (disambiguation)
- Trunking, network design strategy
- Trunking (auto), riding in trunk or boot
trunk in German: Trunk
trunk in Esperanto: Trunko
trunk in French: Tronc
trunk in Galician: Tronco (árbore)
trunk in Korean: 트렁크
trunk in Italian: Tronco
trunk in Dutch: Stam (plant)
trunk in Japanese: トランク
trunk in Portuguese: Tronco
trunk in Russian: Транк
trunk in Simple English: Trunk
trunk in Thai: Trunk
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
L, WATS, WATS line, anatomy, anthrophore, antlia, axis, baluster, balustrade, banister, barrel, base, beak, beezer, bill, bin, body, bole, bones, boot, box, branch, bugle, cable, cable railway, cane, carcass, carpophore, caryatid, case, cask, casket, caudex, caulicle, caulis, chest, clay, clod, co-ax, coaxial cable,
coffer, cog railway,
colonnade, column, concentric cable,
conk, corpus, culm, cylinder, cylindroid, dado, die, drum, el, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway,
embankment, feeder, feeder line, figure, flesh, footstalk, form, frame, funicule, funiculus, gravity-operated
railway, haulm, horse
railway, hulk, jack, junction, leafstalk, light railroad,
line, locker, main line, material body,
metro, monorail, muffle, muzzle, nares, neb, newel-post, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactory organ, party
line, pecker, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, person, petiole, petiolule, petiolus, physical body,
physique, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, pipe, plinth, pole, post, private line, proboscis, queen-post, rack
railway, rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad, railway, reed, rhinarium, roadbed, roadway, roll, roller, rostrum, rouleau, schnozzle, seedstalk, shaft, sidetrack, siding, smeller, snoot, snout, socle, soma, spear, spire, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, stem, stipe, stock, straw, street railway, streetcar
line, subbase, subway, surbase, switchback, telegraph cable,
telegraph line, telephone line, terminal, terminus, tigella, torso, track, tram, tramline, trestle, trolley line, trunk
line, tube, turnout, underground, upright, wire
line