tree trunk
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1.0
- noun
- /tri trʌŋk/
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- The tree trunk was thick and sturdy, supporting the canopy above.
- a massive tree trunk
- tree trunk and branches
Who would be in a position to know the tree trunk is covered with colonies of creepy Moss?
- Who would be in a position to know the tree trunk is covered with colonies of creepy Moss?
- Snow coated branches, shadowy black and white striped tree trunks.
- Another colossus, the Brontosaurus, had femur bones the width of tree trunks, and yet it still didn't scrape the sky.
- Or the way the tree trunks lay in the northern woods, leafless, then save for the ground cover.
Examples
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But he would lay his head to listen on almost anything solid: tree trunks, stones.
Fiction book (1993) -
In other places, students followed old trail markers on tree trunks to find their way.
Academic text (2018) -
But we got the tree trunk out of the way.
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Wrap this around a tree trunk.
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It's kind of hard to get a tree trunk into my hand luggage.
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I'm not spending all weekend sitting on a tree trunk.
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The platform was not large, but the tree trunk provided a nice brace.
Fiction book (1995) -
Do you see those fallen tree trunks?
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You can see the great big tree trunks, the gorgeous hostas.
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The children rub up and down against the tree trunks, kissing and hugging them.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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Morphology
The meaning 'the main woody stem of a tree' is directly and transparently composed from 'tree' and 'trunk' — a B1 learner who knows both words can immediately infer the referent. This noun+noun compound is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common composition, so the phrase will be easily understood without prior exposure.
Etymology
Tree trunk comes from thinking of the trunk as the tree's main body that holds the branches and leaves. This strong wooden post is the 'main stem', so tree trunk means the thick stem above the ground that supports the whole tree.