Definitions for trunk

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trunk trunk

Spelling: [truhngk]

IPA: /trʌŋk/

Trunk is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 40 anagrams from letters in trunk (knrtu).

Definitions for trunk

noun

1. the main stem of a tree, as distinct from the branches and roots.
2. a large, sturdy box or chest for holding or transporting clothes, personal effects, or other articles.
3. a large compartment, usually in the rear of an automobile, in which luggage, a spare tire, and other articles may be kept.
4. the body of a person or an animal excluding the head and limbs; torso.
5. Ichthyology. the part of a fish between the head and the anus.
6. Architecture. the shaft of a column. the dado or die of a pedestal.
7. the main channel, artery, or line in a river, railroad, highway, canal, or other tributary system.
8. Telephony, Telegraphy. a telephone line or channel between two central offices or switching devices that is used in providing telephone connections between subscribers generally. a telegraph line or channel between two main or central offices.
9. Anatomy. the main body of an artery, nerve, or the like, as distinct from its branches.
10. trunks. brief shorts, loose-fitting or tight, worn by men chiefly for boxing, swimming, and track. Obsolete. trunk hose.
11. the long, flexible, cylindrical nasal appendage of the elephant.
12. Nautical. a large enclosed passage through the decks or bulkheads of a vessel, for cooling, ventilation, or the like. any of various watertight casings in a vessel, as the vertical one above the slot for a centerboard in the bottom of a boat.
13. a conduit; shaft; chute.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or noting a main channel or line, as of a railroad or river.

Origin of trunk

1400-50; late Middle English trunke Latin truncus stem, trunk, stump, noun use of truncus lopped

Examples for trunk

“I was a little nervous every time I took the camera out [of the trunk] that it would take me over,” he says.

"You'd better be packing your trunk," the Inspector rumbled.

What no one knows yet is that Katie could have been the third girl in the trunk.

Vehicles doubtless still pass through the many side-roads in the area, but the two trunk routes from the border are both blocked.

We'll bring her trunk down, put it in her room and lay the keys on top.

I could see the tip of One-Tusk's trunk go up with a start every time he winded it.

A declaration of candidacy signed by Cuomo was in the trunk of his car.

The station-master was standing on the platform, superintending the removal of a trunk.

When you pack your wardrobes put a few spring-beds in your trunk.

In December, he did his first trunk shows in Paris and New York.