[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

trunk \trunk\, n. f. tronc, l. truncus, fr. truncus maimed,
   mutilated; perhaps akin to torquere to twist wrench, and e.
   torture. trunk in the sense of proboscis is fr. f. trompe
   the same word as trompe a trumpet, but has been confused in
   english with trunk the stem of a tree see trump a
   trumpet. cf. truncate.
   1. the stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and
      roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
      1913 webster

            about the mossy trunk i wound me soon,
            for, high from ground, the branches would require
            thy utmost reach.                     --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. the body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.
      1913 webster

   3. the main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of
      an artery, as distinct from the branches.
      1913 webster

   4. arch that part of a pilaster which is between the base
      and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
      1913 webster

   5. zool. 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.
      1913 webster
      1913 webster

   6. zool.
      a the proboscis of an elephant.
      b the proboscis of an insect.
          1913 webster

   7. a long tube through which pellets of clay, p?as, etc., are
      driven by the force of the breath.
      1913 webster

            he shot sugarplums them out of a trunk. --howell.
      1913 webster

   8. 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.
      1913 webster

            locked up in chests and trunks.       --shak.
      1913 webster

   9. mining a flume or sluice in which ores are separated
      from the slimes in which they are contained.
      1913 webster

   10. steam engine 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.
       1913 webster

   11. 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.
       1913 webster

   trunk engine, a marine engine, the piston rod of which is a
      trunk. see trunk, 10.

   trunk hose, large breeches formerly worn, reaching to the
      knees.

   trunk line, the main line of a railway, canal, or route of
      conveyance.

   trunk turtle zool., the leatherback.
      1913 webster
see also:
trump truncate trunk engine trunk trunk hose trunk line 
trunk turtle 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

trunk \trunk\, v. t. cf. f. tronquer. see truncate.
   1. to lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim. obs. "out
      of the trunked stock." --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. mining to extract ores from the slimes in which they
      are contained, by means of a trunk. see trunk, n., 9.
      --weale.
      1913 webster
see also:
truncate trunk 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

trunk
     n 1: the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole
          is usually the part that is commercially useful for
          lumber syn: tree trunk, bole
     2: luggage consisting of a large strong case used when
        traveling or for storage
     3: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved
        their arms and legs and bodies" syn: torso, body
     4: compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or
        shopping or tools; "he put his golf bag in the trunk"
        syn: luggage compartment, automobile trunk
     5: a long flexible snout as of an elephant syn: proboscis
see also:
tree trunk bole torso body luggage compartment automobile trunk 
proboscis 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

173 moby thesaurus words for "trunk":
   l, wats, wats line, anatomy, anthrophore, antlia, axis, baluster,
   balustrade, banister, barrel, base, beak, beezer, bill, bin, body,
   bole, bones, boot, box, branch, bugle, cable, cable railway, cane,
   carcass, carpophore, caryatid, case, cask, casket, caudex,
   caulicle, caulis, chest, clay, clod, co-ax, coaxial cable, coffer,
   cog railway, colonnade, column, concentric cable, conk, corpus,
   culm, cylinder, cylindroid, dado, die, drum, el, electric railway,
   elevated, elevated railway, embankment, feeder, feeder line,
   figure, flesh, footstalk, form, frame, funicule, funiculus,
   gravity-operated railway, haulm, horse railway, hulk, jack,
   junction, leafstalk, light railroad, line, locker, main line,
   material body, metro, monorail, muffle, muzzle, nares, neb,
   newel-post, nib, nose, nostrils, nozzle, olfactory organ,
   party line, pecker, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, person, petiole,
   petiolule, petiolus, physical body, physique, pier, pilaster, pile,
   piling, pillar, pipe, plinth, pole, post, private line, proboscis,
   queen-post, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line,
   railroad, railway, reed, rhinarium, roadbed, roadway, roll, roller,
   rostrum, rouleau, schnozzle, seedstalk, shaft, sidetrack, siding,
   smeller, snoot, snout, socle, soma, spear, spire, staff, stalk,
   stanchion, stand, standard, stem, stipe, stock, straw,
   street railway, streetcar line, subbase, subway, surbase,
   switchback, telegraph cable, telegraph line, telephone line,
   terminal, terminus, tigella, torso, track, tram, tramline, trestle,
   trolley line, trunk line, tube, turnout, underground, upright,
   wire line

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