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trunk line

noun

Definitions

  1. A main railway line which usually forms the backbone of a rail network.

    • But the states were generally concerned with the location of trunk lines and left it to cities and counties to worry about branch lines.

  2. The main line of a canal, from which other sections diverge.

  3. A main telephone line.

    • Then he put a trunk line phone call through to the nearest township and asked the Police to send someone out as soon as possible.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA