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How to pronounce trunks in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms short pants, shorts
Type of trousers, pair of trousers, pant
Has types bermuda shorts, jamaica shorts, lederhosen, hot pants

Examples of trunks

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Their great uprooted trunks looked like fallen spaceships wedged into the earth.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Time after time she sucked up trunks of water and showered great spouts over us.
From the guardian.co.uk
Last years trunks are perfectly fine, just like last decade's trunks to be fair.
From the guardian.co.uk
He locked the negatives away in trunks that he didn't open for another 50 years.
From the tennessean.com
Keep in mind that pines will usually have, at least, some crook in their trunks.
From the kentucky.com
They can grasp tree trunks, kick off and leap more than 30 feet to another tree.
From the stltoday.com
The trunks and larger branches are harvested to become a lumber of rustic charm.
From the washingtonpost.com
By May 2004, the dead pinyons have lost all their needles, exposing gray trunks.
From the sciencedaily.com
This later gave way to the Robert August white trunks and light blue board look.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • Short pants: trousers that end at or above the knee
  • (trunk) the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
  • (trunk) luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
  • (trunk) torso: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
  • (trunk) luggage compartment: compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools; "he put his golf bag in the trunk"
  • (trunk) proboscis: a long flexible snout as of an elephant
  • Trunks is the third album by The Brothers Creeggan. It was released in 2000, and was produced by David Traverse-Smith and The Brothers Creeggan.
  • Trunks, when worn as swimwear, are often referred to as swim trunks, and are normally shorter than boardshorts, which extend to the knees. Trunks are the most popular type of male swimsuit in North America. ...
  • (The Trunk) Andre Christopher Lyon (born in New York City, New York), better known as Dre, is a singer, rapper and one half of the hip hop production duo Cool & Dre, along with Marcello "Cool" Valenzano. Dre has a "major" role on DJ Khaled's album We the Best, appearing on four tracks.