trunk

Noun

trunk (plural trunks)

1. the (usually single) upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
2. a large suitcase, usually requiring two persons to lift and with a hinged lid.
3. torso.
4. the extended and articulated nose or nasal organ of an elephant.
5. (US) the luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
6. a telecommunications line.
7. (pl.) swimming trunks.

Synonyms:

torso

• torso

luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car

• boot (British, Aus)

swimming trunks

• swimming trunks

5 letters in word "trunk": K N R T U.

No anagrams for trunk found in this word list.

Words found within trunk:

knur knut nu nur nut run runt rut tun turk turn un ur urn ut

• Definitions:
• the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage torso: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" luggage compartment: compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools; "he put his golf bag in the trunk" proboscis: a long flexible snout as of an elephant
• In botany, trunk refers to the main structural member of a tree that is supported by and directly attached to the roots and which in turn supports the branches. The trunk is also often called the bole. ...
• A trunk, also known as a travelling chest, is a large cuboid container for holding clothes and other personal belongings, typically about 1.5 metres wide, and 0.5 metres each deep and high, or about 25" to 40" wide, 14" to 28" high, and 14" to 24" deep. ...
• The trunk refers to the unnamed branch - version of a file tree under revision control. Branches are spawned from trunk (or other branch) in order to concentrate on stabilizing the tree for release or to start implementing long-term (possibly throw away) changes that would disturb development ...
• The trunk, or boot, of an automobile or car is the vehicle's main storage or luggage compartment. Trunk is used in North American English whilst boot is used elsewhere in the English speaking world.
• A motorcycle trunk is a storage compartment in the vicinity of the seat, other than panniers or saddlebags. A trunk mounted above and to the rear of the seat is also called a top box or a top case, the latter term favored by BMW riders. ...
• In computer networking, trunking defines using multiple network cables or ports in parallel to increase the link speed beyond the limits of any one single cable or port. This is called port trunking or link aggregation. ...
• A Trunk is a transmission line between two SDH/SONET switches (GEANT2 definition, may not be standardized)
• The place that the centerboard or daggerboard retracts into.
• The line of communication between switching systems.
• A single circuit between two points, both of which are switching centers or individual distribution points. A trunk usually handles many channels simultaneously. -U-
• The part of the body to which the upper and lower extremities attach.
• the main stem of a tree, shrub or vine.
• The cable forming the main communications path on a network; on a bus network, the single cable to which all nodes connect. See also backbone.
• The stem or body of the tree which supports the crown
• or stethidium, that part of the body which intervenes between the head and abdomen, including wings, feet, thorax, pectus, epigastrium.
• The main, central, mostly straight part of a tree or shrub, which the branches grow from. Some trees have more than one trunk.
• (build): For an explanation of this, please see my newsgroup post.
• The stretch between two hubs mutually.
• A trunk is a communication line which runs typically from a telephone service provider to a corporate phone system, PBX.
• A single, erect, columnar, often woody plant axis of substantial height.
• The main body of the tree.
• Resembling men’s swim trunks from the 50’s the trunk silhouette has made a comeback as underwear. A trunk is similar to a boxer brief but with shorter legs. View HisRoom's trunk department.
• The thorax and abdomen together.
• An individual circuit, provided by either a public network operator or via a private network capable of carrying an individual telephone call (either incoming or outgoing).
• In a drainage system, the main conduit for transporting the storm waters. This main line is generally quite deep in the ground so that laterals coming from fairly long distances can drain by gravity into the trunk line.
• one of the cables that contain numerous shared telephone circuits used to interconnect telephone switching centers.
• The main body or stem of a vine.
• in viticultural usage, the vertical aboveground axis of a grapevine.
• base stem of tree that supports canopy.
• A trunk is a general-use circuit, which spans from the CO to the PBX to establish a connection between the two switching devices.
• In the CVS team development environment, the main stream of development, also referred to as the HEAD stream.

• trundling ←
• trundles ←
• trundlers ←
• trunk
• → trunked
• → trunkfish
• → trunkfishes