Trunk is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for TRUNK in dictionary:

VERB:
• To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim.
• To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9.
• lop or truncate
NOUN:
• the main stem of a tree
• the main woody stem of a tree as distinct from its branches and roots.
• the main part of an artery, nerve, or other anatomical structure from which smaller branches arise.
• an enclosed shaft or conduit for cables or ventilation.
• the elongated, prehensile nose of an elephant.
• a large box with a hinged lid for storing or transporting clothes and other articles.
• the boot of a car.
• The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
• The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.
• The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches.
• That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
• That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.
• The proboscis of an elephant.
• The proboscis of an insect.
• A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.
• A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler.
• A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
• A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
• A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.
• the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
• luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
• the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
• compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
• a long flexible snout as of an elephant
• main stem of a tree
• a person's or animal's body apart from the limbs and head.

Words related to TRUNK

corselette12 corselettes13 trunked12 trunkful15 trunkfuls16 trunkless13 trunks10

Words that contain TRUNK

trunks10 trunked12 trunkful15 trunking13 trunkfish19 trunkfuls16 trunkings14 trunkless13 trunkwork20 trunksful16 trunklike17 trunkworks21 trunkfishes21 trunksleeve18 trunksleeves19

How to use TRUNK in a sentence

• The fire had burned low when he looked up and a bright beam that touched a neighboring trunk indicated that the moon was high.
• As my trunk was empty, they concluded I had taken my clothes with me.
• He hid himself in a trunk and his wife was under the floor with his two children.
• Infection usually occurs through wounds in the tree trunk or branches caused by lightning, fire, or by men or animals.
• In order to show the power of this weapon, I took aim at the trunk of a tree which they pointed out.
• In the bottom of her trunk, in the bedroom, she hid a brass match-safe that answered the purposes of a savings bank.
• They always have faces as brown as an old trunk, and generally limp when they walk.
• As birds do not need a change of dress, there was no trunk to pack, and no travelling-bag to be laden with comforts.
• Maple sugar is made from the food material stored in the trunk of the maple tree for the rapid growth of twig and leaf in the spring.
• The new point of view at once revealed the stranger, leaning against the trunk of a tree.
• Prudy was kneeling before her little trunk, putting in order the paper dolls, which Dotty had scattered over the floor.
• He was just a trunk, and his comrades, those who could, were carrying him around.
• Had he possessed his faculties, he could not have done anything more for his protection than he did, by lying motionless, extended along and below the trunk of the oak.
• Mystified, Astro watched a small section of the trunk open to reveal a modern vacuum-tube elevator shaft.
• The girl sank down beside the water-hole with her back to the trunk of the tree.
• It has an erect, tall trunk, from forty to eighty feet high, a smooth, gray bark, and thick, glossy leaves.
• She unpacked her trunk and hung up her clothes with care and neatness which the Ethels admired.
• Around him swirled the white flakes of snow, but he could hardly see them, for part of his head, part of his trunk, and one eye were stuck in the drift.
• In January or February come the great ice-storms, when every branch, blade, and trunk is coated with frozen rain, so that you can touch nothing truly.
• Like the rest it essentially consisted of the hollowed-out trunk of a tree.
• A squirrel ran up the trunk of an oak six feet away, and stood fearlessly in a fork with his bushy tail curved over his back.
• A newly-severed trunk of an aged tree invited them to sit and rest, and the most tasteful art could not have placed a rustic seat in a more lovely scene.
• At the bottom of his trunk were the manuscripts of two books on botany which, he told his sweetheart on parting, would yet make him famous.
• At last, pausing before a huge hair trunk, they all gathered nearer, and when the lid was raised, they vied with one another in displaying the contents.
• No specimens of the trunk, none of flowers and seeds have been brought to me.
• As she put the sealed envelope in her trunk her hand came in contact with a long untouched package.

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