The noun trunk refers to the main stem of a tree. If you want to make maple syrup, you need to tap the trunk of the maple tree and collect the tree's sap, which can then be boiled into a sticky syrup.
The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
Noun
a long flexible snout as of an elephant
Noun
compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools; "he put his golf bag in the trunk"
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luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
Noun
the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
Noun
the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
n.
The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and
roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
n.
The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.
n.
The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an
artery, as distinct from the branches.
n.
That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the
capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
n.
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.
n.
The proboscis of an elephant.
n.
The proboscis of an insect.
n.
A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are
driven by the force of the breath.
n.
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.
n.
A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the
slimes in which they are contained.
n.
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.
n.
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.
v. t.
To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim.
v. t.
To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are
contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9.
Trunk
About the mossy trunk I wound me soon, For, high from ground, the branches would require Thy utmost reach.2.
He shot sugarplums them out of a trunk.8.
Locked up in chests and trunks.9.
Trunk
The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim.
Usage Examples
I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.
One thing that worried me was how writers get categorized and so they end up having to write the same kind of book again and again. That is fine if it is what you want to do, but I would rather be locked in the trunk of my car with a weasel than write the same book every three years until I die.
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Other Usage ExamplesThere are two kinds of designers: ones who are very happy locked in their office surrounded by their coterie. The last thing they need to do is to go to a trunk show they'd go running for the hills. I not only enjoy it, I think, how do you design things that are applicable to life - unless you live it?
Senator Douglas was very small, not over four and a half feet height, and there was a noticeable disproportion between the long trunk of his body and his short legs. His chest was broad and indicated great strength of lungs.
A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns.
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