trunk : Idioms & Phrases


Air trunk

  • a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated air from a room.
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atrioventricular trunk

  • noun a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract
    truncus atrioventricularis; bundle of His; atrioventricular bundle.
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automobile trunk

  • noun compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
    luggage compartment; trunk.
    • he put his golf bag in the trunk
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bathing trunks

  • noun swimsuit worn by men while swimming
    bathing trunks.
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celiac trunk

  • noun an artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery
    arteria celiaca; celiac artery; truncus celiacus.
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pulmonary trunk

  • noun the artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries
    truncus pulmonalis.
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swimming trunks

  • noun swimsuit worn by men while swimming
    bathing trunks.
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tree trunk

  • noun the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
    bole; trunk.
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trunk call

  • noun a telephone call made outside the local calling area
    long distance; long-distance call.
    • I talked to her by long distance
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Trunk engine

  • a marine engine, the piston rod of which is a trunk. See Trunk, 10.
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Trunk hose

  • noun puffed breeches of the 16th and 17th centuries usually worn over hose
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  • large breeches formerly worn, reaching to the knees.
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trunk lid

  • noun hinged lid for a trunk
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Trunk line

  • noun line that is the main route on a railway
    trunk line.
  • noun a telephone line connecting two exchanges directly
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  • the main line of a railway, canal, or route of conveyance.
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trunk road

  • noun a highway
    highroad.
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trunk route

  • noun line that is the main route on a railway
    trunk line.
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Trunk turtle

  • (Zoöl.), the leatherback.
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