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trunks

The correct spelling is trunks.

How to pronounce trunks

/tɹʌŋks/
noun

IPA: /tɹʌŋks/

Say it like: Tru-nks

The correct spelling is trunks. (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. 1.(heading, biological) Part of a body.
  2. 2.(heading) A container.
  3. 3.(heading) A channel for flow of some kind.
  4. 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. 5.The main line or body of anything.

verb

  1. 1.To lop off; to curtail; to truncate.
  2. 2.To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.

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