Clues for the word "TRUNK"
We've had 68 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 89 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on May 25, 2026.
Definition of trunk
- n. - The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.
- n. - The body of an animal, apart from the head and limbs.
- n. - The main body of anything; as, the trunk of a vein or of an artery, as distinct from the branches.
- n. - That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.
- n. - That segment of the body of an insect which is between the head and abdomen, and bears the wings and legs; the thorax; the truncus.
- n. - The proboscis of an elephant.
- n. - The proboscis of an insect.
- n. - A long tube through which pellets of clay, p/as, etc., are driven by the force of the breath.
- n. - A box or chest usually covered with leather, metal, or cloth, or sometimes made of leather, hide, or metal, for containing clothes or other goods; especially, one used to convey the effects of a traveler.
- n. - A flume or sluice in which ores are separated from the slimes in which they are contained.
- n. - A large pipe forming the piston rod of a steam engine, of sufficient diameter to allow one end of the connecting rod to be attached to the crank, and the other end to pass within the pipe directly to the piston, thus making the engine more compact.
- n. - A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc.
- v. t. - To lop off; to curtail; to truncate; to maim.
- v. t. - To extract (ores) from the slimes in which they are contained, by means of a trunk. See Trunk, n., 9.
Referring Clues
- Spare holder
- Spare carrier
- Big case
- Link aggregation, in computing
- Jack's place
- Ventriloquist's prop
- Magician's prop
- Dugout canoe, once
- Mastodon feature
- Footlocker
- Prominent pachyderm feature
- Babar's snout
- Babar's picker-upper
- Place for a spare
- Branch headquarters?
- Mammoth feature
- Back of the car
- Elephant's uprooter
- Place to put bags
- Spare place
- Body
- Place for a donut
- Traveler's large tote
- Tree part
- Elephant feature
- Torso
- Auto storage area
- Brit's "boot"
- Front of an elephant or back of a car
- Bulk of the body
- Spare-tire locale
- Oak feature
- Jack holder
- Spare's place
- Totem, beforehand
- Place for road trip luggage
- Tree support
- Part of a tree
- Jack location
- Torso - box
- Large luggage box
- "That Metal Show" host Eddie
- Part of a tree - part of an elephant
- Chest
- Main stem of tree
- Torso - part of an elephant - case
- Body in a box?
- Bole
- Call in case
- The case of the gigantic beast?
- Car or tree feature
- Main stem of a sycamore
- Place for sweaters
- Box of vital parts?
- Big box of vital parts
- Sequoia support
- Spare location
- Body in a box?
- Prominent part of an elephant
- Container a contortionist might climb into
- Elephant part
- The body in the box
- Rear storage compartment of a car
- Animal part that trumpets
- Storage space in a car
- Spot for a donut
- What the legs and torso represent, in tree pose
- Back of a car or front of an elephant
Last Seen In
- New York Times - May 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - October 13, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 15, 2025
- USA Today - February 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - January 16, 2025
- LA Times - October 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 07, 2024
- LA Times - November 17, 2023
- LA Times - October 15, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - September 11, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - May 29, 2023
- Daily Quick - May 25, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 29, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - September 29, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 02, 2018
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 26, 2017
- Guardian Quick - October 03, 2017
- Daily Quick - May 25, 2017
- Netword - March 09, 2017
- Guardian Quick - March 01, 2017
- Rock n Roll Crossword - January 15, 2017
- Universal - November 29, 2016
- LA Times - November 07, 2016
- Wall Street Journal - October 18, 2016
- Evening Standard Easy - September 21, 2016
- Evening Standard Easy - May 30, 2016
- And in 59 more crossword puzzles...