trunk

IPA(Pronunciation)

/tɹʌŋk/

Verb

obsolete transitive

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

Japanese Meaning

（時代遅れの用法）枝や一部を切り落として取り除く、縮める、切り捨てる / （採鉱用語で）鉱泥中に含まれる鉱石を、特定の装置（トランク）を用いて抽出する

What is this buttons?

They trunk the rotten boughs before winter.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼らは冬が来る前に腐った大枝を切り落とす。

Details

Sense（1）

(transitive, obsolete) To lop off; to curtail; to truncate.

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Sense（2）

(transitive, mining) To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.

Sense（3）

(telecommunications) To provide simultaneous network access to multiple clients by sharing a set of circuits, carriers, channels, or frequencies.

trunks

（ present singular third-person ）

trunking

（ participle present ）

trunked

（ participle past ）

trunked

（ past ）

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