Meaning of TRUNK in Tamil

தண்டு

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Meaning of TRUNK in English

The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.
The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches.
That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.
The proboscis of an elephant.
The proboscis of an insect.
A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.
A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler.
A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.
To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim.
To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9.