trunk

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Part of a body.
2. Part of a body.
3. Part of a body.
4. A container.
5. A container.
6. A container.
7. A container.
8. A channel for flow of some kind.
9. A channel for flow of some kind.
10. A channel for flow of some kind.
11. A channel for flow of some kind.
12. A channel for flow of some kind.
13. In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
14. The main line or body of anything.
15. The main line or body of anything.
16. The main line or body of anything.
17. 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.
18. Short for swimming trunks.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To lop off; to curtail; to truncate.
2. To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.
3. To provide simultaneous network access to multiple clients by sharing a set of circuits, carriers, channels, or frequencies.

Concepts

tronc

coffre

trompe

malle

torse

caisse

souche

valise

buste

bahut

corps

tronc d’arbre

porte-bagages

museau

cantine

fuselage

fût

taille

bois

bûche

placard

étagère

pont

base

racine

bec

bout

extrémité

lèvre

pointe

sommet

caissette

trunk

proboscide

trompe d'eléphant

reins

ventre

tige

tribu

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɹʌŋk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English tronke, trunke, from Old French tronc (“alms box, tree trunk, headless body”), from Latin truncus (“a stock, lopped tree trunk”), from truncus (“cut off, maimed, mutilated”). For the verb, compare French tronquer, and see truncate. Doublet of truncus and tronk.

Phrases

It's shooting branches from the trunk , which means it can't properly get its sap to the top .

Il tire des branches du coffre, ce qui signifie qu'il ne peut pas correctement amener sa sève au sommet.