Trunk

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knoun

Etymology: Middle English trunke Anglo-French trunc, trunke, from Latin truncus trunk, torso
Date: 15th century
1.
- a. the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots — called also bole
- b.
  - (1) the human or animal body apart from the head and appendages ; torso
  - (2) the thorax of an insect
- c. the central part of anything; specifically the shaft of a column or pilaster
2.
- a.
  - (1) a large rigid piece of luggage used usually for transporting clothing and personal effects
  - (2) the luggage compartment of an automobile
- b.
  - (1) a superstructure over a ship's hatches usually level with the poop deck
  - (2) the part of the cabin of a boat projecting above the deck
  - (3) the housing for a centerboard or rudder
3. proboscis; especially the long muscular proboscis of the elephant
4. plural men's shorts worn chiefly for sports <swimming trunks>
5.
- a. a usually major channel or passage (as a chute or shaft)
- b. a circuit between two telephone exchanges for making connections between subscribers; broadly a usually electronic path over which information is transmitted (as between computer systems)
6.
- a. the principal channel or main body of a system or part that divides into branches <a nerve trunk><the trunk of a river>
- b. trunk line
? trunkful noun