Crossword-Solution: TRUNK
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Trunk | n. | The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk. |
| Trunk | n. | The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs. |
| Trunk | n. | The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches. |
| Trunk | n. | That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column. |
| Trunk | n. | That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus. |
| Trunk | n. | The proboscis of an elephant. |
| Trunk | n. | The proboscis of an insect. |
| Trunk | n. | A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath. |
| Trunk | n. | A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler. |
| Trunk | n. | A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained. |
| Trunk | n. | A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact. |
| Trunk | n. | A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc. |
| Trunk | v. t. | To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim. |
| Trunk | v. t. | To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| TRUNK | anagram | KTURN |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with TRUNK (5)
Look closely, however, and you may note that there are here seven large trees, each with a hole in its hollow trunk as large as a boy.
Till at sunset Hiawatha, Leaning on his bow of ash-tree, Wounded, weary, and desponding, With his mighty war-club broken, With his mittens torn and tattered, And three useless arrows only, Paused to rest beneath a pine-tree, From whose branches trailed the mosses, And whose trunk was coated over With the Dead-man’s Moccasin-leather, With the fungus white and yellow.
About the Mossie Trunk I wound me soon, For high from ground the branches would require Thy utmost reach or _Adams_: Round the Tree All other Beasts that saw, with like desire Longing and envying stood, but could not reach.
The Cock flying up, perched himself on the branches of a tree, while the Dog found a bed beneath in the hollow trunk.
Marie took with her to the convent, under the canvas lining of her trunk, the results of a laborious and satisfying morning on Frank’s part; no less than a dozen photographs of himself, taken in a dozen different love-lorn attitudes.
Quotes with TRUNK (3)
For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. They are like lonely persons. Not like hermits who have stolen away out of some weakness, but like great, solitary men, like Beethoven and Nietzsche. In their highest boughs the world rustles, their roots rest in infinity; but they do not lose themselves there, they struggle with all the f…
Look, Laszlo. I'll have the dentist with me, and I don't want to alarm her any more than necessary. So take Vanna out of the backseat and stick her in the trunk." Shanna halted. Her mouth dropped open. Her throat seized up, making it hard to breathe. I don't care how much crap you have in the trunk. We're not driving around with a naked body in the car." Oh no! She gasped for air. He was a hit man.
To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a sister-in-law and nieces and nephews, creatures who people the tree of your life and give it new branches. To lose your father is to lose the one whose guidance and help you seek, who supports you like a tree trunk supports its branches. To lose your mother, well, that is like losing the sun above you. It is like losing--I'm sorry, I would rather not go on.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 94 times in crossword archives (1944–2025).