🚗 A car compartment 🧳 A large box 🌳 Main tree stem 🐘 Elephant's nose 🧍 Main body part 💻 Main code line

trunk

6 7.5

The main version of a project's code where new changes are added

noun
/trʌŋk/

Specialized

: rama principal

There is a use of symlinks from the trunk and a more manual install.
main trunk

Examples

General: The fact that the trunk branch and release version are so different.

Blog text (7)
The original document acts as the trunk, and each change to that document is noted as a branch.

Academic text (2004)
Combined with ultra-thin cordsets, more connections can fit into a single trunk cable.

Academic text (2004)
The backbone topology comprises a number of switches and trunks, while the embedded topology comprises a set of pipes, each having a specific capacity.

Academic text (2000)
The original document acts as the trunk, and each change to that document is noted as a branch.
In the version control system, developers continually integrate changes into the trunk before creating feature branches.
Our team focuses on updating the trunk regularly to ensure all new features are incorporated swiftly.

Antonyms

branch

Specialized

32 5.7

A separate copy of a project's code used to develop features or fix bugs

fork

Specialized

5 6.9

A copy of a software project that people change separately from the original

Compounds

tree trunk

12 1.0

The main hard part of a tree above the ground that holds branches and leaves

trunk lid

2 3.5

A cover that opens on a hinge to give access to a car's storage area

trunk call

Archaic

1 9.8

A phone call to a place outside your local area that usually costs more

celiac trunk

Specialized

8.4

Large blood vessel in the abdomen that comes from the main artery and supplies the stomach, liver, and spleen

atrioventricular trunk

Specialized

7.5

A bundle of heart fibers that carries the signal from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles to make them contract

pulmonary trunk

Specialized

5.1

A large vessel that carries blood from the right heart to the lungs and splits into two arteries

trunk line

Specialized

6.4

A main phone line connecting phone centers to carry many calls

trunk road

3.5

A main road that carries traffic over long distances between towns and cities

trunk route

5.7

Main railway line that carries most trains between big cities

trunk hose

Archaic

9.9

Puffy short pants worn by men over stockings in the 1500s and 1600s

trunk line

5.1

A main train route that connects important towns and cities

How Central

trunk

Specialized

6 7.5

branch

Specialized

32 5.7

Surface Forms

trunk singular

trunks plural

Etymology

Trunk in software means the main line of code and it is named after the main stem of a tree from which branches grow, so the 'trunk' is the central code that other branches come from.