trunk in Dutch

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.

A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for holding or transporting clothes or other goods.

(North America, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.

(North America, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.

(North America, automotive) The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon-style car.

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