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1) (the main stem (of a tree): The trunk of this tree is five metres thick.) deblo2) (a large box or chest for packing or keeping clothes etc in: He packed his trunk and sent it to Canada by sea.) zaboj3) (an elephant's long nose: The elephant sucked up water into its trunk.) rilec4) (the body (not including the head, arms and legs) of a person (and certain animals): He had a powerful trunk, but thin arms.) trup5) ((American) a boot (of a car): Put your baggage in the trunk.) prtljažnik•- trunks* * *I [trʌŋk]noundeblo, steblo, čok; trup; telo; glavni del; railway glavna proga; telefonski daljinski vod; medkrajevna linija; zaboj, skrinja, (potovalni) kovček; (slonov) trobec, rilec slang "nos"; plovna struga (reke, kanala); architecture podnožje, podstavek; mineralogy cev za ventilacijo, dušnik; anatomy glavni del arterije, živca itd.; plural (= trunk hose) history široke hlače (do kolen); American plural kopalne hlačke, kopalketrunks, please! — telefonski urad, prosim!II [trʌŋk]transitive verbločiti, izpirati (rudo) (v koritu)
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