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• n  the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
• n  luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
• n  the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
• n  compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools
  he put his golf bag in the trunk
• n  a long flexible snout as of an elephant

• It's not the lightest picnic accessory you'll ever carrybut then again, if you can afford the $45,000 asking price for a Krug champagne trunk, chances are you'll also have .
• It was offered for a while with a gasoline-burner heater located in the front "trunk," a common but dangerously dumb accessory at the time.
• At present, four great trunk lines connect Chicago and New Yorkthe Baltimore Ohio (1,014 miles), Erie (998 miles), New York Central (979 miles), Pennsylvania (909 miles).

• tree trunk
• bole
• torso
• body
• luggage compartment
• automobile trunk
• proboscis

News & Articles

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• HPD: Driver who left baby on trunk of car was on PCP
  HPD: Driver who left baby on trunk of car was on PCP Houston Chronicle Copyright 2013 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:10 pm, Wednesday, June 12, 2013 A Houston mom high on PCP drove off with her toddler on the trunk of her car last month, causing the child to tumble to the pavement in his car seat ...
  June 12, 2013 - Houston Chronicle
• How to stop a trunk and start a tail? The leg has the key
  A new study reveals the mechanisms behind trunk to tail transition in vertebrates.
  June 11, 2013 - Science Daily
• 'Pretty Little Liars' cast, creators talk what's in the trunk - you might have to look away
  One of the big mysteries when "Pretty Little Liars" returns for its fourth season is the big Season 3 finale cliffhanger -- what's in Detective Wilden's squad car trunk?Creator Marlene King teases for Zap2it, "I've seen the episode at least 10 times now -- when I see what or who is in the trunk, I still have to look away."She also says the writers have known what/who it was going to be "from the ...
  June 11, 2013 - Zap2It

Quotes

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• Victoria Beckham in Houston Chronicle
  We are starting to say trunk instead of boot, trash instead of rubbish,Victoria Beckham said.
• Ed McMahon in CNN
  I went in like a professional to do a commercial, like I've done a million times in my life in my long career,McMahon said. "That's what I went in to do. Of course, we had fun with it. There's one where Kimmel's locked up in the trunk, and...
• Kenny Perry in Taipei Times
  You've got to like how you're doing. You're leading,Perry said. "I hit a beautiful five-wood. I had it hooking in there from right to left and - I never dreamed it - I must have been pumped up cause it hit the tree trunk and shot it across...