coffˈer-fish noun

Any fish of the genus Ostracion that has a box-like bony covering enveloping its entire body (also called boxˈ-fish, trunkfish)

trunk /trungk/

1. The stem of a tree
2. The body of an animal apart from head and limbs
3. The body generally
4. A main line of road, railway, telephone, etc
5. A junction circuit between telephone exchanges (US)
6. The main body of anything
7. The shaft of a column
8. The body of a pedestal
9. A chest or box, esp for travelling or for storing things
10. A box for fish
11. A box-like channel, trough, shaft, conduit or chute
12. A tube
13. A speaking tube
14. A telescope (obsolete)
15. A pea-shooter (obsolete)
16. A large hollow piston
17. A proboscis
18. Same as bus (computing)
19. (in pl) the game of trou-madame
20. (in pl) trunk hose, also breeches, esp those worn on the stage over tights
21. (in pl) pants worn for sports, swimming, etc
22. The luggage compartment of a car, the boot (N American)

truncˈal adjective

1. Relating to the trunk
2. Principal

trunked adjective

1. Having a trunk
2. Truncated, beheaded (Spenser)
3. Relating to radio trunking

trunkˈful noun (pl trunkˈfuls)

As much as will fill a trunk

trunkˈing noun

1. Casing
2. A system of sharing a number of radio channels among a number of users of mobile (eg car) radio communication systems, the users being able to use any channel which is free at any given time

trunkˈless adjective

trunk call noun

The former name for a long-distance telephone call, involving connection between two centres, a national call

trunk dialling noun

The dialling of trunk telephone calls directly, connections not being made by an operator

trunkˈfish noun

The coffer-fish

trunk hose or trunk breeches plural noun

Full breeches reaching from waist to mid-thigh, worn in the 16c and early 17c

trunk line noun

The main line of a railway, canal, gas or oil pipeline, telephone system, etc

trunkˈ-mail noun (obsolete)

A travelling trunk

trunk maker noun

A maker of travelling trunks

trunk road noun

A main road, esp one administered by central authority

trunkˈsleeve noun (Shakespeare)

A puffed sleeve

trunkˈwork noun (Shakespeare)

Clandestine visiting in a trunk