plural of tree trunk

(chiefly US) Synonym of swimming trunks

plural of trunk line

plural of elephant trunk

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, trunk. / (astronomy) An extended pillar-like mass of interstellar gas and dust found near a massive star.

(rail transport) A main railway line which usually forms the backbone of a rail network. / The main line of a canal, from which other sections diverge.

(now historical) Synonym of trunkhose

(historical) A sleeve, in clothing, with the upper part puffed.

plural of trunk sleeve

(anatomy) A bundle of nerve fibres, held together by a sheath of connective tissue, that makes up the main stem of a nerve