how to pronounce trunk

/tɹʌŋk/

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trunk is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of trunk in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… to the a38 trunk road …”

meaning of trunk

Trunk is a large container for carrying things.

trunk frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word trunk occurs in english on average 8.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics trunk can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that trunk can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

2) transport and travel;