trunk

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. Part of a body.
2. Part of a body.
3. Part of a body.
4. A container.
5. A container.
6. (Canada, US) A container.
7. A container.
8. (US) A channel for flow of some kind.
9. A channel for flow of some kind.
10. A channel for flow of some kind.
11. (archaic) 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. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, in-plural) Ellipsis of swimming trunks.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To lop off; to curtail; to truncate.
2. (transitive) 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.

Concetti

tronco

baule

torso

proboscide

bagagliaio

👢

fusto

cassa

valigia

portabagagli

busto

corpo umano

tronco d’albero

panca di legno

cintola

girovita

cintura

corpo

legno

🪵

mensola

scatola

📦

torace

cinta

sinonimi

torso

body

chest

stem

box

📦

boot

👢

proboscis

bole

case

suitcase

coffer

stalk

tree

🌳

snout

tree trunk

base

casket

luggage

🧳

boot

👢

waist

portmanteau

root

log

automobile trunk

trunk line

shaft

luggage compartment

container

hull

frame

tree-trunk

block

caudex

cabinet

🗄️

traveling bag

collecting main

bus

🚌

valise

stigma

satchel

purse

👛

bottom

coffin

⚰️

main line

baggage

foot

🦶

bag

back

🔙

footlocker

carcass

Traduzioni

tronc

tronco

Stamm

coffre

trompe

🎺

tronco

κορμός

malle

baúl

koffer

stam

Kofferraum

👢

romp

Rumpf

slurf

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/tɹʌŋk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: tronke

Affine francese: tronquer

In summary

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.

Frasi

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

Sta sparando i rami dal bagagliaio, il che significa che non può ottenere correttamente la sua linfa in cima.