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The correct spelling is trunk.
How to pronounce trunk
/tɹʌŋk/
nounIPA: /tɹʌŋk/
Say it like: Tru-nk
The correct spelling is trunk. (heading, biological) Part of a body. For example: "the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches"
Usage Examples
“the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(heading, biological) Part of a body.
- 2.(heading) A container.
- 3.(heading) A channel for flow of some kind.
- 4.In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.
- 5.The main line or body of anything.
verb
- 1.To lop off; to curtail; to truncate.
- 2.To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.
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