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trunk

noun as in body, core

noun as in long nose of animal

noun as in container, box

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Example Sentences

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New stores are opening in affluent areas, ideally with drive-throughs so donors can pull up and pop their trunks to drop off items.

Instead, its arms are like axe handles, and its legs are as thick as tree trunks.

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Meanwhile, Cassiopeia found a length of pink tulle in Madame LePoint’s trunk of fabric scraps, left over from a petticoat made for one of Lady Constance’s gowns.

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Contented, she gazed up at the posts of her four-poster bed, each one tall and straight as a tree trunk.

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“Maybe she ought to pack her trunk and leaf. Ho ho!”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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