TREE TRUNK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tree trunk mean? 

• TREE TRUNK (noun)
  The noun TREE TRUNK has 1 sense:

1. the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

  Familiarity information: TREE TRUNK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREE TRUNK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bole; tree trunk; trunk

Hypernyms ("tree trunk" is a kind of...):

stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)

Meronyms (parts of "tree trunk"):

bark (tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants)

Holonyms ("tree trunk" is a part of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

 Context examples 

It is a most tremendous monster, like a great spider, with a body as big as an elephant and legs as long as a tree trunk.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

He was concealed by this time behind another tree trunk; but he must have been watching me closely, for as soon as I began to move in his direction he reappeared and took a step to meet me.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

But when, one morning, the air was rent with the report of a rifle close at hand, and a bullet smashed against a tree trunk several inches from One Eye's head, they hesitated no more, but went off on a long, swinging lope that put quick miles between them and the danger.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He fastened it together with wooden pegs and made the four wheels out of short pieces of a big tree trunk.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)