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Antonyms for trunk

Grammar : Noun
Spell : truhngk
Phonetic Transcription : trʌŋk


Definition of trunk

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "box, case," from Old French tronc "alms box in a church" (12c.), also "trunk of a tree, trunk of the human body," from Latin truncus, originally "mutilated, cut off." The meaning "box, case" is likely to be from the notion of the body as the "case" of the organs. English acquired the other two senses of the Old French in late 15c.: "main stem of a tree" and "torso of a human body." The sense of "luggage compartment of a motor vehicle" is from 1930. The use in reference to an elephant's snout is from 1560s, perhaps from confusion with trump (short for trumpet). Railroad trunk line is attested from 1843; telephone version is from 1889.
  • noun body, core
  • noun long nose of animal
  • noun container, box
Example sentences :
  • The station-master was standing on the platform, superintending the removal of a trunk.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • When you pack your wardrobes put a few spring-beds in your trunk.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
  • "You'd better be packing your trunk," the Inspector rumbled.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • I could see the tip of One-Tusk's trunk go up with a start every time he winded it.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • We'll bring her trunk down, put it in her room and lay the keys on top.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Then she began beating the trunk of the tree with the old broom she had been carrying.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • The chair had been placed in a bare spot close to the trunk of the great tree.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • The porter wheeled a truck, bearing John's trunk and bag, up to them as he spoke.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • He ran deftly from trunk to trunk, and then continued his flight among the bushes.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • What lad, on that final day, should ride within the elephant, and move his trunk?
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

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