EGAVE

trunk

About 10.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Part of a body. The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
  2. noun The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
  3. noun The torso; especially, the human torso.
  4. noun 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.
  5. noun 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.
  6. noun 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.
  7. noun 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.
  8. noun The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.

Similar words

tree trunk bole proboscis torso boot body luggage compartment log stump core

Often followed by

of and is to in lines line or was

Word family

bole trunkful trunkfuls trunks trunksful

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