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English Dictionary: trunk	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for trunk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trunk n the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber Synonym(s): trunk, tree trunk, bole luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" Synonym(s): torso, trunk, body compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools; "he put his golf bag in the trunk" Synonym(s): luggage compartment, automobile trunk, trunk a long flexible snout as of an elephant Synonym(s): proboscis, trunk
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trunk \Trunk\, v. t. [Cf. F. tronquer. See {Truncate}.] 1. To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim. [Obs.] [bd]Out of the trunked stock.[b8] --Spenser. 2. (Mining) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See {Trunk}, n., 9. --Weale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Trunk \Trunk\, n. [F. tronc, L. truncus, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated; perhaps akin to torquere to twist wrench, and E. torture. Trunk in the sense of proboscis is fr. F. trompe (the same word as trompe a trumpet), but has been confused in English with trunk the stem of a tree (see {Trump} a trumpet). Cf. {Truncate}.] 1. The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk. About the mossy trunk I wound me soon, For, high from ground, the branches would require Thy utmost reach. --Milton. 2. The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs. 3. The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches. 4. (Arch) That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column. 5. (Zo[94]l.) 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.