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trunk
  1. (heading, biological) Part of a body.
    1. The (usually single) upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches: the tree trunk.
    2. The torso.
    3. The extended and articulated nose or nasal organ of an elephant.
    4. The proboscis of an insect.
  2. (heading) A container.
    1. A large suitcase, usually requiring two persons to lift and with a hinged lid.
    2. A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for holding or transporting clothes or other goods.
    3. (US, Canada, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
  3. (heading) A channel for flow of some kind.
    1. (US, telecommunications) A circuit between telephone switchboards or other switching equipment.
    2. A chute or conduit, or a watertight shaft connecting two or more decks.
    3. 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.
    4. (archaic) A long tube through which pellets of clay, pas, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.
    5. (mining) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
  4. (software engineering, jargon) In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
  5. The main line or body of anything.
    1. (transport) A main line in a river, canal, railroad, or highway system.
    2. (architecture) The part of a pilaster between the base and capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
  6. 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.
  7. Shorts used for swimming (swim trunks).
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  9. Examples:
    1. “Regeneration occurs from the branches or the trunk of fallen trees that root into the underlying soil.”
      “The movements of the horse are transmitted to the rider via the trunk of the horse.”
      “It was a mosaic of an elephant, his trunk raised to the sky, head tilted back, tusks raised.”
trunking
  1. All the electrical and communications cables bundled together and distributed through a building.
  2. (business) The movement of containers or packages between a terminal and a transporter's inland facilities, or the scheduled transportation service between locations. Also called linehaul.
  3. (Britain) A system of ducts for cables, heating or ventilation.
  4. (Britain) Plastic conduit or duct used to conceal and protect electrical wiring.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The electrician installed a trunking along the walls of the office, neatly arranging and safeguarding the electrical cables.”
      “The building has been finished out to the highest standard and has underfloor trunking for voice and data lines and power.”
      “The finished offices will have suspended ceilings and trunking for power and computer cabling.”
trunkmaking
  1. The manufacture of trunks, chests, and cases.
trunkmaker
  1. A maker of trunks, chests, and cases.
trunkload
  1. (US) A quantity sufficient to fill the trunk of a car
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  3. Examples:
    1. “But Joseph’s mobile phone seemed permanently off, and we soon learned that he had been caught by the police with a trunkload of whiskey.”
trunkful
  1. As much as a trunk will hold
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He'd driven there from Denver a few days earlier with a trunkful of books and a whole lot of clothes.”
      “Find ideas in these pages, then gather an armload of blazing branches or bring home a trunkful of gourds or pumpkins for decorating.”
      “She is going to return to Broadway this autumn, and she has a trunkful of plays to read.”
trunks
  1. plural of trunk
  2. shorts used especially for sports.
  3. (plural only) Swimming trunks.
  4. Trunk hose
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  6. Examples:
    1. “I packed my trunks for our beach vacation so that I could comfortably swim and relax by the shore.”
      “Your awesome day at the beach has drawn to a close and you want to switch out of your wet trunks.”
      “Indirect sunlight filters into the cool, shadowy space and creates a reddish glow off the smooth boards and knotty trunks.”
trunkmakers
  1. plural of trunkmaker
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