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# trunk

«trunk» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **its thick main stem that holds up the branches** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (trunk, trunks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The trunk of a tree is its thick main stem that holds up the branches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#m1)

2) An elephant's trunk is its long nose that it can use like a hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#m2)

3) A trunk is a large strong box for storing or carrying things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#m3)

4) In American English the trunk of a car is the space at the back for bags (in British English, the boot). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#m4)

5) Your trunk is the main part of your body, without your head, arms and legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#m5)

6) Swimming trunks are shorts boys and men wear to swim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons a tree trunk has rings that show its age, and bark protects it; an elephant's trunk can smell, drink, grab and trumpet. In PE and biology the trunk is the middle of the body. In stories old trunks in the attic hold treasure. Phrases: tree trunk, swimming trunks, car trunk, trunk road.

### examples

- The oak tree had a huge trunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#x1)
- You can count the rings in a tree trunk to find its age. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#x2)
- The elephant sucked up water with its trunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#x3)
- Grandma keeps old photos in a trunk in the attic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#x4)
- Put the bags in the trunk of the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#x5)
- Twist your trunk to the left and right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#x6)
- He packed his swimming trunks for the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#x7)
- A squirrel ran up the trunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#x8)
- I heard him feeling about with his trunk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/#x9)

### note

Countable noun (trunks). «Swimming trunks» is plural, like «trousers»: a pair of trunks. Car trunk (US) = car boot (UK). An elephant's trunk is its nose and upper lip, not an arm. Counting a tree's rings: one ring is usually one year of growth.

### In the corpora

- [The trunk is the elephant's nose and upper lip joined together and grown very long.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/5/)
- [Elephants can swim and use the trunk as a snorkel, keeping only its tip above the water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/10/)
- [Elephants have a superb sense of smell and more smell genes than dogs, and lift the trunk to catch scents on the wind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/11/)
- [Elephants greet and comfort each other by touching faces and twisting their trunks together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/12/)
- [The trumpet call is air blasted out through the trunk; elephants also make deep rumbles other elephants feel through their feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/21-elephants-the-trunk/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trunk» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trunk/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.