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TRUNK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A long flexible snout as of an elephant
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trunk" is a kind of...):
neb; snout (a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose)
Holonyms ("trunk" is a part of...):
elephant (five-toed pachyderm)
mammoth (any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
Example:
he put his golf bag in the trunk
Synonyms:
automobile trunk; boot; luggage compartment; trunk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("trunk" is a kind of...):
compartment (a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area)
Holonyms ("trunk" is a part of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("trunk" is a kind of...):
baggage; luggage (cases used to carry belongings when traveling)
Meronyms (parts of "trunk"):
trunk lid (hinged lid for a trunk)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trunk"):
footlocker; locker (a trunk for storing personal possessions; usually kept at the foot of a bed (as in a barracks))
Sense 4
Meaning:
The body excluding the head and neck and limbs
Example:
they moved their arms and legs and bodies
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trunk" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Meronyms (parts of "trunk"):
loins (the region of the hips and groin and lower abdomen)
buttock; cheek (either of the two large fleshy masses of muscular tissue that form the human rump)
arse; ass; backside; behind; bottom; bum; buns; butt; buttocks; can; derriere; fanny; fundament; hind end; hindquarters; keister; nates; posterior; prat; rear; rear end; rump; seat; stern; tail; tail end; tooshie; tush (the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on)
back; dorsum (the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine)
abdomen; belly; stomach; venter (the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis)
haunch (the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings)
hip (either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh)
love handle; spare tire (excess fat around the waistline)
belly; paunch (a protruding abdomen)
waist; waistline (the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips)
middle; midriff; midsection (the middle area of the human torso (usually in front))
chest; pectus; thorax (the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates)
side (either the left or right half of a body)
serratus; serratus muscles (any of several muscles of the trunk)
articulatio humeri; shoulder; shoulder joint (a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula)
shoulder (the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm)
diaphragm; midriff ((anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration)
Holonyms ("trunk" is a part of...):
body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))
Sense 5
Meaning:
The main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
Synonyms:
bole; tree trunk; trunk
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("trunk" is a kind of...):
stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)
Meronyms (parts of "trunk"):
bark (tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants)
Holonyms ("trunk" is a part of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Context examples:
The clock struck ten while the trunks were carrying down, and the general had fixed to be out of Milsom Street by that hour.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
We crouched as motionless as the trunks behind us.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Amy, tell Hannah to get down the black trunk, and Meg, come and help me find my things, for I'm half bewildered.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I had, as you know, cut off my hair in London, and I had placed it in a great coil at the bottom of my trunk.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The rash can spread to the arms, legs, and trunk.
(Fifth Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
A disorder characterized by a reduction in the strength of the trunk muscles.
(Muscle Weakness Trunk, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
It usually affects the deep soft tissues of extremities, trunk, head and neck.
(Adult Fibrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Ganglioneuroma typically arises from the sympathetic trunk in the mediastinum.
(Ganglioneuroma, NCI Thesaurus)
A reduction in the strength of the trunk muscles.
(Muscle Weakness Trunk, NCI Thesaurus)
They include: • Trembling of hands, arms, legs, jaw and face • Stiffness of the arms, legs and trunk • Slowness of movement • Poor balance and coordination
(Parkinson's Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
