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tronco — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • stemming noun A technique in computing and search engines that reduces words to their base or root form.
  • stocks noun A historical wooden device with holes for the hands and feet, used to publicly restrain and punish offenders.
  • 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

tronco is used for these senses in English:

  • bole The trunk or stem of a tree.
  • stemming A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.
  • stocks (plurale tantum) A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
  • 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.

stemming — full definition

  1. noun A technique in computing and search engines that reduces words to their base or root form.
  2. noun A climbing technique of bracing the feet against opposite walls or holds to stay balanced.

stocks — full definition

  1. noun A historical wooden device with holes for the hands and feet, used to publicly restrain and punish offenders.
  2. noun Shares of ownership in companies, considered collectively as an investment category.

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