Trunk Definition

trŭngk

trunks

noun

trunks

The main stem of a tree.

Webster's New World

The body of a human being or animal, not including the head and limbs.

Webster's New World

The thorax of an insect.

Webster's New World

The long, flexible, prehensile proboscis of an elephant.

Webster's New World

The main body or stem of a nerve, blood vessel, etc., as distinguished from its branches.

Webster's New World

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verb

(mining) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Trunk

Singular:

trunk

Plural:

From Middle English 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.

From Wiktionary
Middle English trunke from Old French tronc from Latin truncus terə-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition