Usage of "tree trunk"

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

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Examples for "trunk"

Examples for "trunk"

The tree in the foreground is 20 inches in diameter of trunk. 
 Walnut Growing in Oregon 

Immediately, a great trunk extended from the speck and into the future. 
 Book Four: Tales From Ancient Days 

A second man brought out a case of beer from his trunk. 
 First contact: or, it's later than you think 

However, not until recently have any chemoattractants of trunk NCCs been identified. 
 Pubmed 

This central trunk then divides into a limited number of major branches. 
 The Structure of Evolutionary Theory 

Frantically the lion sought to scramble up the bole of the tree. 
 Tarzan the Untamed 

I remember setting my shoulder-blades firmly against the bole of the tree. 
 Sir John Constantine / Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abr... 

The girl was leaning against the storm-ripped bole of a fallen tree. 
 The Man in the Twilight 

The cedar frequently showed a solid white bole, three feet in diameter. 
 The Lands of the Saracen / Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Si... 

One of the bole-like knots in the warrior's hide is growing larger. 
 The Jennifer Morgue 

Usage of tree trunk in English

And then he said more loudly: We missed checking the tree trunk. 
 Too close to home 

He rose again, and knelt in the dark by the tree trunk. 
 The Children's Portion 

The bullet had grazed the tree trunk, and the face was gone. 
 Salute to Adventurers 

Dionysius stepped from the shadow of a tree trunk, sword in hand. 
 The Tarn of Eternity 

Hannah ducked back out of the light, behind a wide tree trunk. 
 The Ghost Next Door 

The ocelot had got a clutch on the main tree trunk, now. 
 Jack North's Treasure Hunt; Or, Daring Adventures in South Ameri... 

The girl leaned back to a great tree trunk and looked up. 
 A Man and His Money 

Tad climbed up and made his way slowly along the tree trunk. 
 The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers; Or, On the Trail of ... 

He scraped his hand against a tree trunk to keep from tripping. 
 The river kings' road 

He did actually bump his head upon the tree trunk above them. 
 On a Torn-Away World; Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake 

He was as still as the tree trunk on which he sat. 
 Doctor Rabbit and Brushtail the Fox 

The untutored savage might cross a stream astride a floating tree trunk. 
 Creative Chemistry: Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Ch... 

But there was nothing solid, no silt bank, no submerged tree trunk. 
 The Reality Dysfunction 

Regis remained close to the tree trunk for another half a minute. 
 Jurassic Park 

He ventured out onto the tree trunk again, still on all fours. 
 Down river 

Gordon scuttled backward until he came up against a nearby tree trunk. 
 The Postman 

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Meanings of tree trunk in English