trunk : Idioms & Phrases
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Air trunk
- a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated air from a room.
Webster 1913
atrioventricular trunk
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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
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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
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noun swimsuit worn by men while swimming
bathing trunks.
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celiac trunk
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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
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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
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noun swimsuit worn by men while swimming
bathing trunks.
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tree trunk
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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
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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.
Webster 1913
Trunk hose
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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.
Webster 1913
trunk lid
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noun hinged lid for a trunk
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Trunk line
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noun line that is the main route on a railway
trunk line.
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noun a telephone line connecting two exchanges directly
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- the main line of a railway, canal, or route of conveyance.
Webster 1913
trunk road
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noun a highway
highroad.
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trunk route
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noun line that is the main route on a railway
trunk line.
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Trunk turtle
(Zoöl.) , the leatherback.