(n) (1) (arch) trunk
stem
stalk
(2) shaft (of an arrow)
(3) handle
(n) (tree) trunk
(arrow) shaft
(tool) handle
backbone
base
(n) (tree) trunk
(arrow) shaft
(tool) handle
backbone
base
(P)
(n,vs) executive secretary
coordinator
organizer
person in charge of making arrangements
(P)
(n,adj-no) main line
trunk line
(P)
(n) (1) (uk) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides)
giant timber bamboo
madake
(2) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
(n,adj-no) management
(executive) staff
leaders
leadership
top brass
upper echelons
(P)
(n,vs) superintendence
supervision
administration
(n) main current
(n) mainstay
nucleus
key
(P)
(n,adj-no) body
trunk
torso
physique
(n,adj-no) (ling) stem
root of a word
(n,adj-no) skeleton
structure
build
(n) basis
nucleus
root and branch
(P)
(n) ability
(n) (1) chief editor
managing editor
(2) manager
person in charge
(P)
(n) trunk
shaft
(n) brain stem
(n) hemp reed
hemp stalk
(n) (1) shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo)
(2) (uk) cornetfish
(n) stem cell
(n) board of governors
(n) chief secretary (usu. of a party)
secretary-general
(n) board of directors
(n) bullet train (very high speed)
Shinkansen
(P)
(n) (uk) Scirpus yagara (species of club-rush)
(n) main road
main thoroughfare
(n) cutting straight down
cleaving (a person) in two
(n) mission-critical task
business-critical matter
(n) key industries
