trunk
Part of a body.
Noun 4 meanings
Part of a body.
A container.
A channel for flow of some kind.
In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
Verb 2 meanings
To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.
To provide simultaneous network access to multiple clients by sharing a set of circuits, carriers, channels, or frequencies.
Etymology
From Middle English tronke, trunke, from Old French tronc (“alms box, tree trunk, headless body”), from Latin truncus (“a stock, lopped tree trunk”), from truncus (“cut off, maimed, mutilated”). For the verb, compare French tronquer, and see truncate. Doublet of truncus and tronk.
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TRUNK at a glance
TRUNK has 5 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (T 1 + R 1 + U 1 + N 1 + K 5) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,743 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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