trunk

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

koffer

stam

romp

slurf

boomstam

torso

snuit

kofferbak

olifantssnuit

tors

tromp

laadruimte

valies

bagageruimte

kist

📦

leest

maag

middendek

reiskoffer

schrijn

taille

bak

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

tronc

tronco

coffre

Stamm

tronco

baule

trompe

🎺

tronco

κορμός

malle

baúl

Kofferraum

👢

trompa

Rumpf

torse

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/tɹʌŋk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: tronke

Verwant aan Frans: 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.

Zinnen

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

Het schiet takken van de kofferbak, wat betekent dat het zijn SAP niet goed naar de top kan krijgen.