trunc-, truncat-

The thorax of an insect when fused with the first segment of the abdomen.

1. Of or relating to the trunk of the body.
2. Of or relating to an arterial or nerve trunk.

1. To shorten something by cutting off or removing a part; to cut short.
2. To make something shorter or briefer, especially by removing the end of it: "Television coverage of the soccer match was truncated by a technical fault."
3. Not pointed; a description of a leaf that has a blunt end, so that it looks as if a part has been cut off.
4. Leaves that are square or broad at the end, as if cut off transversely.
5. Lacking the apex, as certain spiral shells.
6. To restrict the precision of a decimal number by limiting or dropping the digits to the right of the decimal point without rounding them: "The numbers 1.4262 and 1.4887 can both be truncated to 1.4; that is, without rounding them off."

Truncate: to shorten, to cut short. A malformation (birth defect) may truncate a limb. A mutation may create a stop codon (set of any three adjacent bases in the DNA or RNA) that truncates a protein.

1. The act or process of truncating.
2. The quality or state of being truncated.
3. The act of lopping or cutting off.
4. The omission of one or more unaccented syllables at the beginning or the end of a line of verse.
5. In banking, a system of electronic check recording under which canceled checks are not returned to customers by the bank.

1. A short heavy stick carried by a police officer; a "billy club".
2. A baton carried as a symbol of rank or authority, a baton or a military staff of command.
3. The shaft of a spear or the shattered shaft of a spear.
4. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth. 5. Etymology: The "shaft of a spear", also "a short stick, a cudgel", from Old Norse French tronchon, Old French tronchon (11th century), "a piece cut off, a thick stick, a stump", from Vulgar Latin truncionem, from Latin truncus. The meaning "staff as a symbol of office" is recorded from 1575; the sense of "policeman's club" is recorded from 1880.

Someone who is armed with a truncheon.

The thorax of an insect.

1. The main stem or body of a tree, considered apart from its roots and branches.
2. The body of a human or animal excluding the head and limbs.
3. The thorax of an insect.
4. The main stem of a blood vessel or nerve apart from the branches.
5. A compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools. 6. Etymology: From 1462, "a box, a case," from Old French tronc "alms box in a church", also "trunk of a tree, trunk of the human body", from Latin truncus; originally, "mutilated, cut off". The meaning "box, case" is likely to be from the notion of the body as the "case" of the organs.

Engish acquired the other two senses of the Old French word later; the sense of "main stem of a tree" dates from 1490; that of "torso of a human body" from 1494.

The reference to an elephant's snout is from 1565, probably from confusion with trump (short for trumpet). Railroad trunk line is attested from 1843; the telephone version is from 1889; a telephone line or channel between two central offices or switching devices that is used in providing telephone connections between subscribers generally.

A list of synonyms for trunk

1. Trunk, tree trunk, bole, stalk, stem; usage: the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part of the tree that is commercially useful for lumber.
2. Trunk, baggage, luggage; usage: luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage.
3. Torso, trunk, body, body part; usage: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs.
4. Luggage compartment, automobile trunk, trunk, compartment; usage: compartment in an automobile that carries luggage or shopping or tools; such as, "He put his tools in the trunk of his car."
5. Proboscis, trunk, snout, neb; usage: a long flexible snout; such as, of an elephant.

1. Shorts worn for swimming, for other athletics, or for general wear in the summer or where ever a person wants to wear them.
2. Cut-off pants.