as in bin
a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things
threw the rest of her books and tapes in the trunk and closed the lid
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Recent Examples of trunk
To protect themselves against the jungle's many predators, the kids hid in tree trunks.
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Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
The girl’s body was found last fall in the front trunk of the singer’s Tesla, which had been in a tow yard after being reported abandoned in the Hollywood Hills near a house D4vd had been renting.
—Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2026
Abutilon trunks can be protected from scale-toting ants by application of vaseline on a cardboard collar around their base.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
Weeping and overcome with grief, Alba is guided by the spirit of her late grandmother, Clara (Dolores Fonzi), to an old trunk.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
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Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
The girl’s body was found last fall in the front trunk of the singer’s Tesla, which had been in a tow yard after being reported abandoned in the Hollywood Hills near a house D4vd had been renting.
—Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 1 May 2026
Abutilon trunks can be protected from scale-toting ants by application of vaseline on a cardboard collar around their base.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
Weeping and overcome with grief, Alba is guided by the spirit of her late grandmother, Clara (Dolores Fonzi), to an old trunk.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trunk
Noun
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The large bin is 12 inches by 7 inches by 5 inches, and it’s topped with a smaller bamboo bin.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Torres-García’s body was found in a plastic bin in October.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Along one wall ran hundreds of gray, two-tier lockers.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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This season, his locker mate is making Ramírez look like an oracle.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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People drove up and opened trunks to reveal boxes and shopping bags full of ancient yellowed papers.—
Mary Norris,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Wacha felt his chain break after the A’s Carlos Cortes had stepped into the batter’s box.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Investigators said the argument escalated into a physical fight when the female suspect began swinging and striking the victim in the chest and head and then pulling her hair.—
Alexa Ashwell,
Baltimore Sun,
1 May 2026
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Changing this simple action may go a long way in preventing that burning feeling in the chest.—
Karen Berger,
Verywell Health,
1 May 2026
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“Trunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trunk. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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