Plural of trunk
regular plural
The plural of trunk is trunks.
Forms of trunk
| Singular | trunk /tɹʌŋk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | trunks /tɹʌŋks/ |
| Countable | countable |
Trunks in a sentence
- Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors.1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC, page 01
- After class, Nick changed into his swimming trunks and dived into the pool.From the entry swimming trunks
- His bathing trunks were ruined and he didn't have another pair.From the entry bathing trunks
- They smashed into a copse of trees, smashing the trunks aside.2019, Jason M. Hardy, Phaedra M. Weldon, Herbert A. Beas II, BattleTech: Weapons Free: BattleCorps Anthology, Volume 3. From the entry ripple
- Swimming trunks, that’s all he had on; blue ones, boxer-short style, with an orange “F” on them.2010, Rick Wilber, Rum Point: A Baseball Novel, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 13. From the entry boxer-short
Meaning of trunk
- noun The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
- noun The torso; especially, the human torso.
- noun The conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an animal such as a sengi, a tapir or especially an elephant. The trunks of various kinds of animals might be adapted to probing and sniffing, as in the sengis, or be partly prehensile, as in the tapir, or be a versatile prehensile organ for manipulation, feeding, drinking and fighting as in the elephant.
Questions about the plural of trunk
- What is the plural of trunk?
- The plural of trunk is trunks.
- Is trunk countable?
- Trunk is a countable noun.
Source and license
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