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trunkless

trunkless

1 6.3
A car without a rear storage area that uses interior space for cargo
  • adjective
  • /ˈtrʌŋkləs/
  • US
translation icon : sin maletero
  • Many modern vehicles are designed to be trunkless, offering a unique aesthetic.

Examples

  • Because it was trunkless, the hatchback had a sleek and modern appearance.

  • Where in this most streamlined and trunkless of transports, boner inspiring though it may be, where in, are we to reposit our recently deceased cargo?

    Sin City (2005)

  • The newest model of electric cars is trunkless, making it more spacious inside.

Surface Forms

trunkless positive

Morphology

trunkless = trunk (transparent) = trunk + less

Built from the noun 'trunk' (here meaning car storage compartment) plus productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', so the sense is directly derivable.

Etymology

Trunkless is made of trunk, a large 'storage box' or the back part of a car, and -less, meaning 'without'. So a trunkless car is one 'without' that rear storage box.