Meaning of 'trunk' (Webster Dictionary)
- The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and
roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
- The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.
- The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an
artery, as distinct from the branches.
- That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the
capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
- 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.
- The proboscis of an elephant.
- The proboscis of an insect.
- A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are
driven by the force of the breath.
- 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.
- A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the
slimes in which they are contained.
- 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.
- 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.
- To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim.
- To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are
contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9.
Meaning of 'trunk' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
Example in sentence:- he put his golf bag in the trunk
Meaning (2):
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
Example in sentence:- they moved their arms and legs and bodies
Definition
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