Phrase Hound found 44 phrases and 38 compound words that contain trunk. The most common are listed below. Open trunk in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 44
- tree trunkThe main structural member of a tree.
- trunk roadAn important main road used by long-distance traffic, as well as heavy lorries.
- trunk lineA main railway line which usually forms the backbone of a rail network.
- elephant trunkAn extended pillar-like mass of interstellar gas and dust found near a massive star.
- trunk briefsShort-leg boxer briefs
- trunk linesplural of trunk line: A main railway line which usually forms the backbone of a rail network.
- trunk roadsplural of trunk road: An important main road used by long-distance traffic, as well as heavy lorries.
- trunk showAn event in which vendors present merchandise directly to store personnel or customers at a retail location or other venue.
- trunk or treatAn organized alternative to trick-or-treating where candy is handed out to children from cars in a parking lot.
- elephant's trunkUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see elephant, -'s, trunk.
- trunk hoseAlternative form of trunkhose: Short, full and bag-like breeches covering the hips and thighs, sometimes stuffed with wool or other material, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- junk in the trunkCorpulence of the buttocks.
- jugular trunkEither of two major lymph vessels that drain the head and neck: the one on the right empties into the right lymphatic duct or into the right subclavian vein where it joins the right internal jugular vein, and the one on the left empties …
- costocervical trunkA branch of the subclavian artery that divides to supply the first or first two intercostal spaces and the deep structures of the neck.
- thyrocervical trunkA short thick branch of the subclavian artery that divides into the inferior thyroid, suprascapular, and transverse cervical arteries.
- pulmonary trunkAn artery that arises from the right ventricle of the heart and branches into the right and left pulmonary arteries.
- trunk pistonIn a single-acting engine, an elongated hollow piston, open at the end, in which the end of the connecting rod is pivoted. The piston rod, crosshead and stuffing box are thus dispensed with.
- sympathetic trunkA string of ganglia running down each side of the spinal cord throughout most of its length, containing cell bodies of neurons that belong to the sympathetic nervous system and that project axons to muscles and glands.
- trunk or treatingpresent participle and gerund of trunk or treat
- steamer trunkA kind of chest for luggage, having a flat or slightly curved top and usually covered in canvas, leather or patterned paper.
- celiac trunkSynonym of celiac artery: An unpaired short artery arising from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and dividing almost immediately into the left gastric artery, splenic artery and common hepatic artery.
- trunk-makerA person who builds large hinged boxes (trunks).
- brachiocephalic trunkSynonym of brachiocephalic artery: An artery of the mediastinum that supplies blood to the right arm and the head and neck.
- Trunk CayAn island of the United States Virgin Islands.
- hand trunkA relatively small piece of hard-sided luggage with hinges and latches.
Compound words 38
- trunklineAny road under the jurisdiction of the Michigan Department of Transportation.
- frunkA trunk (boot, storage compartment) located at the front rather than the rear of a car.
- supertrunkA low-loss, dual cable underground link that offers high speed and high bandwidth
- detrunkTo downgrade (a trunk road) to a normal highway.
- nontrunkNot operating as a trunk.
- trunkalRelating to the trunk of the body.
- trunkyhomesick; said of Mormon missionaries
- untrunkTo remove from a trunk.
- intrunkTo enclose as if in a trunk.
- trunklessWithout a trunk.