trunks

/ trʌŋks /

plural noun

1. Also called: swimming trunks. a man's garment worn for swimming, either fairly loose and extending from the waist to the thigh or briefer and close-fitting

2. shorts worn for some sports

3. men's underpants with legs that reach midthigh

Example Sentences

Instead, its arms are like axe handles, and its legs are as thick as tree trunks.

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In the foreground: the dense, ferny undergrowth of a forest, bordered by a few gnarled tree trunks rising upward.

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During summers, Horace and Charlie often worked alongside Daddy as bellmen, wearing uniforms to work, carrying guests’ steamer trunks up to their rooms, and responding to guests’ requests.

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Southern California’s “Edenic” climate would be promoted on paper made from the pulped trunks of “demoniacal” trees.

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Plants are gently rendered, branches and trunks vigorously scratched in.

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Related Words

• bikini 
• swimsuit