trunk
Part of a bodyPart of a body.: The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
Meaning
17 sensesPart of a body.
The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
Stamm, Baumstamm
стволstvol
сто́вбурstóvbur
The torso; especially, the human torso.
The conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an animal such as a sengi, a tapir or especially an elephant. The trunks of various kinds of animals might be adapted to probing and sniffing, as in the sengis, or be partly prehensile, as in the tapir, or be a versatile prehensile organ for manipulation, feeding, drinking and fighting as in the elephant.
Rüssel
хо́ботxóbot
хо́ботxóbot
A container.
A large suitcase, chest, or similar receptacle for carrying or storing personal possessions, usually with a hinged, often domed lid, and handles at each end, so that generally it takes two persons to carry a full trunk.
Koffer, Truhe, Schrankkoffer
сунду́кsundúk, кофрkofr, бау́лbaúl
скри́няskrýnja, ку́ферkúfer, кофрkofr
A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for holding or transporting clothes or other goods.
(Canada, US)The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.
Kofferraum, Gepäckraum
бага́жникbagážnik
бага́жникbahážnyk
compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
A storage compartment fitted behind the seat of a motorcycle.
A channel for flow of some kind.
(US)A major circuit between telephone switchboards or other switching equipment.
A chute or conduit, or a watertight shaft connecting two or more decks.
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.
A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
Examples
275 sentencesLet's put this in the trunk.
Покладімо це до багажника. — deniko
ruДавай положим это в багажник. — marafon
deLegen wir das in den Kofferraum. — GuidoW
My toolbox is in the trunk.
Мої інструменти у багажнику. — deniko
ruМой ящик с инструментами в багажнике. — odexed
deMein Werkzeugkasten ist im Kofferraum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I put my suitcase in the trunk.
Я поклав свою валізу до багажнику. — deniko
ruЯ положил свой чемодан в багажник. — Lenin_1917
I've got a rope in my trunk.
У мене в багажнику є мотузка. — deniko
ruУ меня в багажнике есть верёвка. — odexed
The spare tire is in the trunk.
Запасне колесо — в багажнику. — deniko
ruЗапаска в багажнике. — marafon
deDer Reservereifen ist im Kofferraum. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 5
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English tronke, trunke, from Old French tronc (“alms box, tree trunk, headlessFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: trunksSynonyms
12 synonyms- the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber:tree trunkbole
- a long flexible snout as of an elephant:proboscis
- the body excluding the head and neck and limbs:torsobody
- compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools:luggage compartmentautomobile trunkboot
Word family
46 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- in the trunk
- the trunk of
- trunk of his
- opened the trunk
- trunk of your