Trunk
noun
The part of an elephant's head that it uses to pick up objects, food and water.
The elephant used its trunk to pick up the food and bring it to its mouth.
Often appears as...
- elephant's trunk
- use its trunk
noun
The main part of a person's body, not including the head, legs, or arms.
He has a muscular trunk.
Often appears as...
- muscular trunk
- lean trunk
noun
The main stem of a tree that the branches grow from.
The tree trunk was wide and tall.
Often appears as...
- tree trunk
- trunk diameter
noun
The large, usually hard part at the back of a car where you can store things.
I stored my luggage in the trunk of my car.
Often appears as...
- car trunk
- trunk space
noun
A large box made of wood, metal, or leather, used for storing or sending things.
She packed her clothes in an old trunk.
Often appears as...
- pack a trunk
- old trunk
noun
The main part of a nerve, blood vessel, or other elongated structure, from which smaller parts divide.
The main trunk of the artery was blocked, causing a heart attack.
Often appears as...
- artery trunk
- nerve trunk
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Medical
noun
A large, sturdy suitcase or chest.
He carried a trunk full of books.
Often appears as...
- carry a trunk
- heavy trunk
noun
The part of an elephant's head that it uses to pick up objects, food and water.
The elephant used its trunk to pick up the food and bring it to its mouth.
Often appears as...
- elephant's trunk
- use its trunk
noun
The main part of a person's body, not including the head, legs, or arms.
He has a muscular trunk.
Often appears as...
- muscular trunk
- lean trunk
noun
The main stem of a tree that the branches grow from.
The tree trunk was wide and tall.
Often appears as...
- tree trunk
- trunk diameter
noun
The large, usually hard part at the back of a car where you can store things.
I stored my luggage in the trunk of my car.
Often appears as...
- car trunk
- trunk space
noun
A large box made of wood, metal, or leather, used for storing or sending things.
She packed her clothes in an old trunk.
Often appears as...
- pack a trunk
- old trunk
noun
The main part of a nerve, blood vessel, or other elongated structure, from which smaller parts divide.
The main trunk of the artery was blocked, causing a heart attack.
Often appears as...
- artery trunk
- nerve trunk
Usage tips
Medical
noun
A large, sturdy suitcase or chest.
He carried a trunk full of books.
Often appears as...
- carry a trunk
- heavy trunk
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Pro Tip 1/2Animal Feature
Remember 'trunk' describes a special body part for elephants, similar to a nose and an arm.
The baby elephant curled its trunk around the caretaker's arm.
Pro Tip 2/2Versatile Tool
'Trunk' emphasizes the elephant's ability to perform multiple tasks with this unique body part.
The elephant's trunk can also act as a snorkel when swimming.
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Feature
Remember 'trunk' describes a special body part for elephants, similar to a nose and an arm.
The baby elephant curled its trunk around the caretaker's arm.
Pro Tip 2/2Versatile Tool
'Trunk' emphasizes the elephant's ability to perform multiple tasks with this unique body part.
The elephant's trunk can also act as a snorkel when swimming.
Pro Tip 1/2Animal Feature
Remember 'trunk' describes a special body part for elephants, similar to a nose and an arm.
The baby elephant curled its trunk around the caretaker's arm.
Pro Tip 2/2Versatile Tool
'Trunk' emphasizes the elephant's ability to perform multiple tasks with this unique body part.
The elephant's trunk can also act as a snorkel when swimming.
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The benefits of good...
This keeps your center of gravity directly over your base of support, which allows you to move efficiently with the least amount of fatigue and muscle strain. If you're sitting, your neck should be vertical, not tilted forward. Your shoulders should be relaxed with your arms close to your trunk.
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What's hidden among the...
Stephen had discovered a new world hundreds of feet above the ground. His climb led to more excursions, with safety equipment, thank goodness, up other ancient redwoods as he mapped and measured the architecture of branches and additional trunks in the canopy of an entire grove.
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Incredible Orangutan...
it looks like sort of like um baywatch or something sometimes just need the little red trunks and the bathing suits but hercules may not be the beach bum loner thinks for the first time ever he's been spotted climbing in the trees it could be a life-changing moment for
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What would you do if...
publish it to which he said do not do that you will kill your writing career before it starts with that blessing I self-published my book selling copies from the trunk of my car ten months of hard work luck and the generosity of many led me to an agent
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Rare Ghost Orchid Has...
swamps twisted and gnarled trunks forming these cathedrals it's dark it's green it feels like you're in the Amazon or in some other world waiting waist deep amongst alligators Panthers bears it's really easy to get
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The amazing ways plants...
Plants' defenses start at their surface. The bark covering tree trunks is full of lignin, a rigid web of compounds that's tough to chew and highly impermeable to pathogens. Leaves are protected by a waxy cuticle
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If I should have a...
nothing but swim trunks on -- diving in the water, determined to beat this swimming champion? After the race, he tossed his wet, cloud-white hair and said, 'You're a god.' No, Anderson, you're the god."
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What’s in the Trunk?...
of a tree trunk you can see there's a pattern of concentric rings and each one of those rings represents one year of growth the paler part of each ring was laid down at the beginning of the year
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The Cutest Elephant...
strong and confident so much so she's taking the hard way out of the water all up you come you can do it you can do it Wendy lends a helping trunk to help I was that hindrance no that's help in
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Birds Feast on Bee Swarm...
Gila woodpeckers nest in holes they've drilled in the trunks of giant cacti. Cactus wrens and thrashers like to build their nests among as many spines as possible to protect their chicks.
Video examples
The benefits of good...
This keeps your center of gravity directly over your base of support, which allows you to move efficiently with the least amount of fatigue and muscle strain. If you're sitting, your neck should be vertical, not tilted forward. Your shoulders should be relaxed with your arms close to your trunk.
Video examples
What's hidden among the...
Stephen had discovered a new world hundreds of feet above the ground. His climb led to more excursions, with safety equipment, thank goodness, up other ancient redwoods as he mapped and measured the architecture of branches and additional trunks in the canopy of an entire grove.
Video examples
Incredible Orangutan...
it looks like sort of like um baywatch or something sometimes just need the little red trunks and the bathing suits but hercules may not be the beach bum loner thinks for the first time ever he's been spotted climbing in the trees it could be a life-changing moment for
Video examples
What would you do if...
publish it to which he said do not do that you will kill your writing career before it starts with that blessing I self-published my book selling copies from the trunk of my car ten months of hard work luck and the generosity of many led me to an agent
Video examples
Rare Ghost Orchid Has...
swamps twisted and gnarled trunks forming these cathedrals it's dark it's green it feels like you're in the Amazon or in some other world waiting waist deep amongst alligators Panthers bears it's really easy to get
Video examples
The amazing ways plants...
Plants' defenses start at their surface. The bark covering tree trunks is full of lignin, a rigid web of compounds that's tough to chew and highly impermeable to pathogens. Leaves are protected by a waxy cuticle
Video examples
If I should have a...
nothing but swim trunks on -- diving in the water, determined to beat this swimming champion? After the race, he tossed his wet, cloud-white hair and said, 'You're a god.' No, Anderson, you're the god."
Video examples
What’s in the Trunk?...
of a tree trunk you can see there's a pattern of concentric rings and each one of those rings represents one year of growth the paler part of each ring was laid down at the beginning of the year
Video examples
The Cutest Elephant...
strong and confident so much so she's taking the hard way out of the water all up you come you can do it you can do it Wendy lends a helping trunk to help I was that hindrance no that's help in
Video examples
Birds Feast on Bee Swarm...
Gila woodpeckers nest in holes they've drilled in the trunks of giant cacti. Cactus wrens and thrashers like to build their nests among as many spines as possible to protect their chicks.
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Robert Byrne
American Author
It's easy to make a cue last a lifetime. Don't boil it or freeze it in the trunk of a car. Don't lean it against a wall for years. If you lose a game to a complete idiot, hit the edge of the table in anger with something other than your cue.
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Nick Vujicic
Australian Clergyman
Hope and purpose in this world is living as best as you can and maybe having life that gives back. But simply giving back isn't purpose; it's a branch of purpose, but it is not the trunk or root of the tree.
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Taboo
American Musician
All I've got to say is if I'm a sellout, I'm selling out arenas all over the world, and I'd rather be selling out arenas than selling out of my trunk on the corner of my block.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
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Dr. Dre
American Musician
Straight Outta Compton' is the album I'm least happy with. I threw it together in six weeks so we could have something to sell out of the trunk.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.
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Toussaint Louverture
Haitian Leader
They have in me struck down but the trunk of the tree; the roots are many and deep - they will shoot up again!
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Suzy Menkes
British Journalist
There is something sad about clothes laid in a tomb of trunks.
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Terence Crawford
American Athlete
I'm so Omaha that I wear 'OMAHA' on my trunks.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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Robert Byrne
American Author
It's easy to make a cue last a lifetime. Don't boil it or freeze it in the trunk of a car. Don't lean it against a wall for years. If you lose a game to a complete idiot, hit the edge of the table in anger with something other than your cue.
Quote examples
Nick Vujicic
Australian Clergyman
Hope and purpose in this world is living as best as you can and maybe having life that gives back. But simply giving back isn't purpose; it's a branch of purpose, but it is not the trunk or root of the tree.
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Taboo
American Musician
All I've got to say is if I'm a sellout, I'm selling out arenas all over the world, and I'd rather be selling out arenas than selling out of my trunk on the corner of my block.
Quote examples
Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.
Quote examples
Dr. Dre
American Musician
Straight Outta Compton' is the album I'm least happy with. I threw it together in six weeks so we could have something to sell out of the trunk.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.
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Toussaint Louverture
Haitian Leader
They have in me struck down but the trunk of the tree; the roots are many and deep - they will shoot up again!
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Suzy Menkes
British Journalist
There is something sad about clothes laid in a tomb of trunks.
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Terence Crawford
American Athlete
I'm so Omaha that I wear 'OMAHA' on my trunks.
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Aeschylus
Greek Poet
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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