trunk
noun
1. the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
Similar word(s): bole
Definition categories: plant, stalk, stem
2. luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
Definition categories: man–made, baggage, luggage
3. the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
Definition categories: body
4. compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
- he put his golf bag in the trunk
Similar word(s): boot
Definition categories: man–made, compartment
5. a long flexible snout as of an elephant
Similar word(s): proboscis
Definition categories: animal, neb, snout
Sentences with trunk as a noun:
- the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches
verb
1. (obsolete) To lop off; to curtail; to truncate.
2. (mining) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.