trunk line
Americannoun
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a direct link between two telephone exchanges or switchboards that are a considerable distance apart
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the main route or routes on a railway
Etymology
Origin of trunk line
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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The agency anticipates replacing just over a mile of trunk line across the city this fiscal year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
There are more than 40 trunk line projects in the agency’s capital improvement plan, which will be in construction from now until 2057.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
It is not clear how long it will take DWP to make repairs to the trunk line in West Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
A stretch of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood remained closed Friday as crews repair a trunk line that ruptured early Thursday, sending thousands of gallons of water rushing down the famed Sunset Strip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
They're coming from southward, and if they'd left the trunk line soon after the Vancouver train came in they would get here about now.
From A Prairie Courtship by Bindloss, Harold
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