trunk

CEFRB1

/tɹʌŋk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The thick main stem of a tree.

  2. 02

    noun

    The storage space at the back of a car.

Examples

  • The label is attached to the trunk.

  • The trunk was too heavy for him to manage.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Part of a body.

  2. The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.

  3. The torso; especially, the human torso.

More examples

In context

  • the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches

  • Is your trunk locked?

  • To lie, like pawns, lock'd up in chests and trunks

Synonyms

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The massive old oak tree had a thick blank that supported its many branches.

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Origin

noun

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.