trunk

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Synonyms: drunk, thunk, truck, trink, crunk, krunk, truk, tronk, trank, tunk, runk

Antonyms: drunk, thunk, truck, trink, crunk, krunk, truk, tronk, trank, tunk, runk

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Noun

{{lb|en|heading|biological}} ''Part of a body.''
{{lb|en|heading}} ''A container.''
{{lb|en|heading}} ''A channel for flow of some kind.''
{{lb|en|software engineering}} In software projects under [[source control]]: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are [[compile]]d.
The main line or body of anything.
A large pipe forming the piston rod of a [[steam engine]], of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the [[crank]], and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
{{lb|en|in the plural}} {{ellipsis of|en|swimming trunks}}.

{{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[lop]] off; to [[curtail]]; to [[truncate]].
{{lb|en|transitive|mining}} To [[extract]] (ores) from the [[slime]]s in which they are contained, by means of a [[#Noun|trunk]].
{{lb|en|telecommunication}} To provide [[simultaneous]] [[network]] [[access]] to multiple [[client]]s by sharing a set of circuits, carriers, channels, or frequencies.

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