trunk
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- noun
- /trʌŋk/
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- The palm tree is one of those whose trunk looks like a giant braid.
- tree trunk
- trunk and branches
- thick trunk
You can think of a neuron like a tree with a trunk, roots and branches with leaves.
- You can think of a neuron like a tree with a trunk, roots and branches with leaves.
- Could could I ask you a question about the Willow versus thicker, thicker trunk example?
- OK, what's what's especially interesting about this is these birds are using the hollow of that trunk as an instrument.
- So in this episode we're going to cover the world's weirdest looking plants that have grown into trees, from rainbow bark to fruiting trunks to blood colored SAP.
Examples
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These are the big trunks that just came right up out of the soil.
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Others had highly weathered saw scars on the main trunk, confirming reports of timbering decades ago.
Academic text (1991) -
As you can see down here is the main central trunk that was that original plant.
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But we got the tree trunk out of the way.
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Joe sits down, his back against the trunk of a tree, and closes his eyes.
Fiction book (1990) -
Shivering, she leaned back against the trunk of the persimmon tree and closed her eyes.
Fiction book (1991) -
Ile sagged against the nearest tree trunk, the bark rough on his face.
Fiction book (1991) -
There's a chestnut tree at Howards End... that has pig's teeth stuck into the trunk... about four feet from the ground.
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The trunk of the oak tree was so thick that it took several people to wrap their arms around it.
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During the storm, lightning struck the trunk of the old pine tree, leaving it charred and damaged.
Synonyms
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The main hard part of a tree above the ground that holds branches and leaves
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The main trunk of a tree used for timber
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
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trunk for a tree comes from the old Latin word truncus meaning 'stump' or 'main stem', so the trunk is the thick, main part of a tree that holds the branches and leaves.