truncus — meaning in English

English meaning

• torso noun The main part of the body, not counting the head, arms, and legs.
• trunk verb To cut something short or reduce it drastically.

Senses

truncus is used for these senses in English:

• torso The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.
• tree trunk (botany) The main structural member of a tree.
• trunk (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.

trunk — full definition

1. verb To cut something short or reduce it drastically.
2. verb In telecoms, to carry many signals together over a shared set of lines.

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