trunk-like

Long and tubular

Trunk-like describes something resembling a trunk in shape or quality.

The comparison usually invokes an elephant's trunk—long, cylindrical, and flexible: trunk-like tentacles, a trunk-like proboscis.

Less often, it suggests the thick, sturdy column of a tree trunk: trunk-like legs.

elephantine

proboscis

Elongated animal head appendage

tusk · flexible · muscular · elongated · wrinkled · gray · thick-skinned · appendage · nostril · breathing

arboreal

bark

Sharp canine vocalization

sturdy · gnarled · solid · columnar · rough · textured · ringed · upright · towering · massive

torso

barrel-chested

Having expansive ribcage

robust · cylindrical · sturdy · powerful · blocky · broad · columnar · substantial · heavyset · stout

luggage

boxy

Resembling a cube

steamer · storage · compartmentalized · travel · antique · reinforced · latched · bulky · stacked · portable

Categories
Opposites
thickness/girth

trunk-likeslender

Thin and graceful

thin · willowy · spindly · skinny · svelte

flexibility/rigidity

trunk-likesupple

Flexing without damage

flexible · sinuous · lithe · pliant · limber

taper/shape profile

trunk-liketapered

Gradually narrowing in width

tapering · conical · pointed · narrowing · attenuated

Family

trunk, trunks, trunked, truncate, truncated, truncation, truncating, like, likely

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G