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trunked

trunked

7.7
An animal with a long nose like an elephant or a plant with a single thick stem
  • adjective
  • /trʌŋkt/
translation icon : con tronco
  • The elephant is known for its large, trunked nose, which it uses to pick up food and drink.

Examples

  • In the forest, we saw several trunked trees that stood tall and strong, providing a habitat for birds.

  • The artist painted a beautiful landscape featuring trunked palm trees swaying gently in the breeze.

  • The plain around her was dotted with strange straight trunked trees with stiff skeletal branches full of leaves that didn't withdraw in the wind either.

Synonyms

snouted
vstrunked
5.3

Having a long nose like an anteater

is used both for animals with long noses and for plants with main stalks
stemmed
vstrunked
3.1

Having a long thin part that holds the top, like a wine glass or flower

refers to a single large central stalk rather than any small shoots

Surface Forms

trunked positive

Morphology

trunked = trunk (transparent) = trunk + ed

The adjective is clearly formed from the noun 'trunk' + the adjectival/past-participial '-ed' meaning 'having a trunk', which is obvious to learners who know 'trunk'.

Etymology

Trunked comes from trunk, which comes from Latin truncus meaning 'main stem' or 'stump'. So a trunked animal has a big 'trunk' like an elephant's nose, and a trunked tree has one thick main stem.