trunk
n. countablen. the main wooden stem of a tree, or the large storage space at the back of a car. It can also mean the long, flexible nose of an elephant.
n. the primary woody stem of a tree; the enclosed luggage compartment of an automobile; or the elongated prehensile proboscis of an elephant.
The elephant used its trunk to pick up the small piece of fruit.
We managed to fit all three large suitcases into the trunk of the car before leaving for the airport.
The ancient oak's massive trunk was covered in thick moss, indicating decades of growth in the damp, shaded valley.
From Middle English tronke, trunke, from Old French tronc (“alms box, tree trunk, headless body”), from Latin truncus (“a stock, lopped tree trunk”), from truncus (“cut off, maimed, mutilated”). For the verb, compare French tronquer, and see truncate. Doublet of truncus and tronk.
In British English, the car compartment is called a 'boot' rather than a 'trunk'.