trunk
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1.0
- noun
- /trʌŋk/
- US
:
maletero
- I always keep an emergency kit in the trunk of my car.
- the trunk of a car
So the dog is standing on the roof of the trunk and they're driving.
- So the dog is standing on the roof of the trunk and they're driving.
- They had these little tiny seats that folded down in the trunk and you sat backwards.
- But this is like they're in a trunk of a van, bro.
- Like if if you're packing in the trunk, then I'm, I'm, I'm a fan.
- If my dog is in the trunk, I can't look back and see if he's OK.
- But this does look like it has more trunk space than the current Santa Fe.
Examples
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Roy adds the ledger from the back seat, shuts the trunk, and walks away.
Fiction book (1990) -
You just pulled up to your apartment building with a trunk full of groceries.
Academic text (1993) -
Can you pop the trunk? -
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You left the trunk open!
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Look at the size of that trunk.
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You can close the trunk.
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Got anything in the trunk?
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As I dropped my bag into my trunk, Mr. Hoze approached me.
Academic text (2010) -
Then he puts the case back in the trunk and fastens the lid.
Fiction book (1990) -
An angle on the Chrysler as Lilly opens the trunk, puts her bag inside.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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3.3
A small separate space inside a bigger thing where you keep things
83
3.4
An enclosed space at the back of a car for luggage
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3.1
A space in a car where you put suitcases and bags
Compounds
- Specialized
Large blood vessel in the abdomen that comes from the main artery and supplies the stomach, liver, and spleen
- Specialized
A bundle of heart fibers that carries the signal from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles to make them contract
- Specialized
A large vessel that carries blood from the right heart to the lungs and splits into two arteries
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Trunk for the back of a car comes from an older meaning of trunk as a large travel chest. Early cars carried luggage in a heavy box at the rear, so the storage area kept the name 'trunk'.