trunk

Meaning

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.

trunk

torso

body

chest

stem

box

boot

proboscis

bole

case

suitcase

coffer

stalk

snout

tree

tree trunk

base

casket

luggage

portmanteau

waist

log

root

shaft

container

trunk line

automobile trunk

luggage compartment

frame

hull

stigma

baggage

traveling bag

caudex

valise

tree-trunk

block

main line

collecting main

bus

cabinet

coffin

bottom

bag

back

purse

satchel

foot

footlocker

caulis

abdomen

backbone

handle

physique

timber

pedicel

pedicle

axis

bosom

breast

thorax

TRK

basket

caddy

cage

coop

fate flap

piece

stem personal lot

main part

beam

chump

wood

rack

stock

stub

stump

leader

trunk stem

artery

main

general superintendent

header pipe

main pipe

concentration line

highway

bus bar

generating line

main lead

omnibus rod

air funnel

air shaft

funnel

vent sleeve

ventilation tubing

ventilator duct

luggage rack/carrier

body without head

lower body

intercity

peter

knickers

net

conduit

chute

bridge

a tree

nose

travel bag

foundation

frustum

section

carrier

roof rack

carcass

wooden box

large box

essence

loin

waistline

thousand

small cup

wardrobe

big box

beak

end

extremity

point

summit

car boot

mouthpart

schnozzle

Gladstone

Gladstone bag

grip

travelling bag

airframe

bare bones

bod

casing

chassis

corpus

fuselage

scull

shell

skeletal frame

skeleton

undercarriage

storage area

figure

human body

radical

root word

theme

branch

stick

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹʌŋk/

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.