noun🔗ShareTronc(heading, biological) Part of a body."The elephant's trunk is very strong and flexible. "La trompe de l'éléphant est très forte et souple.bodybiologypartanatomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMalle, coffre(heading) A container."The trunk of the car contained the camping equipment. "Le coffre de la voiture contenait le matériel de camping.itemthingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCanal, conduit(heading) A channel for flow of some kind."The water trunk from the reservoir carried fresh water to the school. "Le canal d'eau du réservoir transportait de l'eau fraîche à l'école.technicalpartsystemstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTronc, branche principaleIn software projects under source control: the most current source tree, from which the latest unstable builds (so-called "trunk builds") are compiled."The software development team is working on the trunk, making frequent updates to the most recent code version. "L'équipe de développement logiciel travaille sur le tronc, effectuant des mises à jour fréquentes de la version de code la plus récente.computinginternettechnologytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTronc, corps principalThe main line or body of anything."the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches"Le tronc d'une veine ou d'une artère, par opposition aux branches.partstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTige-pistonA 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."The steam engine's massive trunk allowed the connecting rod to reach the piston efficiently, making the machine compact and powerful. "La tige-piston massive de la machine à vapeur a permis à la bielle d'atteindre efficacement le piston, rendant la machine compacte et puissante.machineparttechnicalenergyindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareShort de bainShorts used for swimming (swim trunks)."My son wore his new swim trunks to the pool party. "Mon fils a porté son nouveau short de bain à la fête à la piscine.wearstyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTronquer, couperTo lop off; to curtail; to truncate."The teacher had to trunk the presentation because it was running too long. "Le professeur a dû tronquer la présentation car elle était trop longue.actionnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareExtraire par lavageTo extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk."The miners used a special trunk to extract gold from the ore slime. "Les mineurs utilisaient un tronc spécial pour extraire l'or de la boue de minerai par lavage.geologymaterialsubstancetechnicalindustryprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
