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Meaning of trunk

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

trunk

Pronunciation:/tɹʌŋk//tɹʌŋk/

noun

Definitions

  1. (heading, biological) Part of a body.

  2. (heading) A container.

  3. (heading) A channel for flow of some kind.

  4. In software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled.

verb

Definitions

  1. To lop off; to curtail; to truncate.

  2. To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk.