Trunk
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That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] 6. (Zool.) (a) The proboscis of an elephant. (b) The proboscis of an insect. [1913 Webster] 7. A long tube through which pellets of clay, p?as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath. [1913 Webster] He shot sugarplums them out of a trunk. --Howell. [1913 Webster] 8. A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler. [1913 Webster] Locked up in chests and trunks. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 9. (Mining) A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained. [1913 Webster] 10. (Steam Engine) 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. [1913 Webster] 11. A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc. [1913 Webster] Trunk engine, a marine engine, the piston rod of which is a trunk. See Trunk, 10. Trunk hose, large breeches formerly worn, reaching to the knees. Trunk line, the main line of a railway, canal, or route of conveyance. Trunk turtle (Zool.), the leatherback. [1913 Webster] Trunk \Trunk\, v. t. [Cf. F. tronquer. See Truncate.] 1. To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim. [Obs.] "Out of the trunked stock." --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9. --Weale. [1913 Webster]  trunk n 1: the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber [syn: trunk, tree trunk, bole] 2: luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage 3: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies" [syn: torso, trunk, body] 4: compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools; "he put his golf bag in the trunk" [syn: {luggage compartment}, automobile trunk, trunk] 5: a long flexible snout as of an elephant [syn: proboscis, trunk]  Trunk dronk; teug  trunk [trʌŋk] Amt; Baumstamm; Koffer; Rumpf; Schrankkoffer; Stamm trunkUS [trʌŋkəm] Kofferraum  trunk [trʌŋk] coffre; malle trompe torse tronc  trunk bôrönd csomagtartó fatörzs fôközlekedésiút fôvonal idegtörzs iszapteknô iszapvályú koffer köpeny ormány oszloptörzs pillértörzs rönk torzó tuskó távbeszélôvonal tönk törzs utazóláda értörzs  trunk tronco baule tronco  trunk [trʌŋk] caudex; codex; matrix  trunk [trʌŋk] stam; boomstam koffer kofferbak slurf; snuit; olifantssnuit; tromp romp; tors; torso romp; stam  trunk [trʌŋk] tronco baú focinho, rosto, tromba  trunk [trʌŋk] чемодан  trunk [trʌŋk] tronco baúl; maleta tronco  trunk [trʌŋk] kappsäck; koffert stam  trunk Koffer m; Schrankkoffer m trunk [Am.] Kofferraum m trunk (elephant) Rüssel m (Elefant) trunk Rumpf m; Torso m; Körper m trunk Schwertkasten m [naut.] trunk Stamm m; Baumstamm m trunk Amt n  Trunk m drink  173 Moby Thesaurus words for "trunk": L, WATS, WATS line, anatomy, anthrophore, antlia, axis, baluster, balustrade, banister, barrel, base, beak, beezer, bill, bin, body, bole, bones, boot, box, branch, bugle, cable, cable railway, cane, carcass, carpophore, caryatid, case, cask, casket, caudex, caulicle, caulis, chest, clay, clod, co-ax, coaxial cable, coffer, cog railway, colonnade, column, concentric cable, conk, corpus, culm, cylinder, cylindroid, dado, die, drum, el, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, embankment, feeder, feeder line, figure, flesh, footstalk, form, frame, funicule, funiculus, gravity-operated railway, haulm, horse railway, hulk, jack, junction, leafstalk, light railroad, line, locker, main line, material body, metro, monorail, muffle, muzzle, nares, neb, newel-post, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactory organ, party line, pecker, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, person, petiole, petiolule, petiolus, physical body, physique, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, pipe, plinth, pole, post, private line, proboscis, queen-post, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad, railway, reed, rhinarium, roadbed, roadway, roll, roller, rostrum, rouleau, schnozzle, seedstalk, shaft, sidetrack, siding, smeller, snoot, snout, socle, soma, spear, spire, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, stem, stipe, stock, straw, street railway, streetcar line, subbase, subway, surbase, switchback, telegraph cable, telegraph line, telephone line, terminal, terminus, tigella, torso, track, tram, tramline, trestle, trolley line, trunk line, tube, turnout, underground, upright, wire line Trunk related |
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