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tronco — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • core noun The central or most essential part of something.
  • log noun A section of a tree trunk, especially one cleared of branches, used for timber or fuel.
  • mush noun A soft, wet, formless mass, especially of food.
  • shaft noun A long, narrow, straight part of a tool, weapon, or machine — such as a handle, pole, or rotating rod that transmits power.
  • trunk verb To cut something short or reduce it drastically.

Senses

tronco is used for these senses in English:

  • core The anatomical core, muscles which bridge abdomen and thorax.
  • frustum A cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by a plane parallel to its base.
  • log The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
  • mush (British, slang, primarily, Southern England) (American, slang, primarily, Nonantum) A form of address, normally to a man.
  • shaft (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
  • 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.

core — full definition

  1. noun The central or most essential part of something.
  2. noun The hard central part of certain fruits, containing the seeds.
  3. adj Forming the most important or fundamental part of something.
  4. verb To remove the core from a piece of fruit.

log — full definition

  1. noun A section of a tree trunk, especially one cleared of branches, used for timber or fuel.
  2. noun A written record of events, especially a ship's or aircraft's progress, or of computer activity.
  3. verb To cut down trees, especially commercially.
  4. verb To record something in writing or in a system.

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