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PRONUNCIATION OF TRUNNEL

trunnel  [ˈtrʌnəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRUNNEL

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adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Trunnel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRUNNEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

trunnel

Treenail

A treenail, also trenail, trennel, or trunnel, is a wooden peg pin, or dowel used to fasten pieces of wood together, especially in timber frame construction and wooden shipbuilding. It is an ancient technology. Covered bridges in the U.S. often use treenails as fasteners. Many such bridges are still in use. Locust is a favorite wood when making trunnels in shipbuilding due to its strength and rot resistance and red oak is typical in buildings. A method of firmly securing such a fastener in shipbuilding was to cut a parallel peg of a softer wood, and then expand its outer end with a wedge of much harder wood driven into it called a foxtail wedge. Ancient shipbuilding used treenails to bind the boat together. They had the advantage of not giving rise to "nail-sickness", a term for decay accelerated and concentrated around metal fasteners. Increased water content causes wood to expand, so that treenails gripped the planks tighter as they absorbed water. Similar wooden trenail fastenings were used as alternatives to metal spikes to secure rail-support "chairs" to wooden sleepers in early Victorian times.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRUNNEL


additional
əˈdɪʃənəl
anal
ˈeɪnəl
channel
ˈtʃænəl
Chunnel
ˈtʃʌnəl
constitutional
ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃənəl
criminal
ˈkrɪmɪnəl
educational
ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃənəl
Eurotunnel
ˈjʊərəʊˌtʌnəl
external
ɪkˈstɜːnəl
final
ˈfaɪnəl
functional
ˈfʌŋkʃənəl
funnel
ˈfʌnəl
gunnel
ˈɡʌnəl
Gunnell
ˈɡʌnəl
gunwale
ˈɡʌnəl
internal
ɪnˈtɜːnəl
polytunnel
ˈpɒlɪˌtʌnəl
runnel
ˈrʌnəl
treenail
ˈtrʌnəl
tunnel
ˈtʌnəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRUNNEL

truncheon
truncheoner
trundle
trundle bed
trundler
trunk
trunk cabin
trunk call
trunk curl
trunk hose
trunk line
trunk road
trunkfish
trunkful
trunking
trunkless
trunks
trunksleeve
trunnion
trunnioned

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRUNNEL

backchannel
Bristol Channel
Buchner funnel
Channel Tunnel
co-channel
English Channel
fennel
flannel
green channel
kennel
light at the end of the tunnel
Mozambique Channel
multichannel
personnel
ronnel
separating funnel
service tunnel
the Channel
variable-density wind tunnel
wind tunnel

Synonyms and antonyms of trunnel in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «trunnel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRUNNEL

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The translations of trunnel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trunnel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

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trunnel
570 millions of speakers

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trunnel
510 millions of speakers

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trunnel
380 millions of speakers
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trunnel
280 millions of speakers

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trunnel
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trunnel
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trunnel
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Trunnel
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trunnel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

trunnel
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trunnel
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Translator English - Javanese

Trunnel
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

trunnel
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

trunnel
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ट्रॅनल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

trunnel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trunnel
65 millions of speakers

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trunnel
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

trunnel
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trunnel
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

trunnel
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

trunnel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trunnel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trunnel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of trunnel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUNNEL»

The term «trunnel» is used very little and occupies the 171.368 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUNNEL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about trunnel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRUNNEL»

Discover the use of trunnel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trunnel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Journal of the Franklin Instutue of the State of Pennsylvania
the trunnel head. An apparatus formed of curved pipes, passing in an arched form over the trunnel head, has been proposed by Mr. Taylor, but appears not to be as durable as that just referred to. The experience of several years has proved  ...
Thomas P. Jones, M.D., 1836
2
Journal of the Franklin Institute
the trunnel head. An apparatus formed of curved pipes, passing in an arched form over the trunnel head, has been proposed by Mr. Taylor, but appears not to be as durable as that just referred to. The experience of several years has proved  ...
‎1836
3
A Series of Essays on Several Most Important New Systems and ...
Indeed every trunnel in the ship ought to be soaked a few minutes in hot or boiling pitch, before they are inserted in the ship; for as every bore is a true cylinder, and no trunnel fully round, there must be many void spaces in the bore, when the ...
Abraham Bosquett, 1818
4
The four years voyages of capt. George Roberts. Written by ...
I cut the Timber about the Trunnel, but let the Trunnel remain. The Butt was wholly open the whole Breadth of the Plank, which was fourteen Inches, and the Water came in with as great Force, as if it was an Engine playing. The Butt was seven ...
Daniel Defoe, George Roberts (fict. name.), 1726
5
Reasoning, Necessity, and Logic: Developmental Perspectives
In a follow-up study, Trunnel (1965) included a larger sample (24 subjects in each cell) and several new measures of class formation. In this study, the color form sorting and the chemical multiplication task were eliminated and replaced with ...
Willis F. Overton, 2013
6
Advances in Sport Psychology
Wise and Trunnel (2001 ) found that performance accomplishments increased self-confidence in weightlifting more than observing a model did, and that observing a model enhanced self-confidence more than verbal persuasion.
Thelma S. Horn, 2008
7
Crafting Frames of Timber
Depending upon the size of the frame, one to two days may have to be set aside solely for trunnel making. Many framers use an additional step in trunnel making. Whereas I prefer a tapered peg, one that will start easy but will seat tight as it is ...
Michael Beaudry, 2009
8
Railway Locomotives and Cars
An apparatus formed of curved pipes, passing in an arched form over the trunnel head, has been proposed by Mr. Taylor, but appears not to be as durable as that just referred to. The experience of several years has proved that the heat of the ...
‎1836
9
Mechanics' Magazine, and Journal of the Mechanics' Institute
The apparatus employed here is placed above the trunnel head of the furnace, and is the only one at which such an arrangement has been effected in England. ' It is composed of a solid pyramidal ring, (figs. 15 and 16,) A B C D, and a series ...
‎1835
10
Pirates Gold
Winter grinned and snarled, and then cursed him anew. "Aye, it's Trunnel Toby!" he roared out furiously. "Trunnel Toby it be, ye spawn o' hell, who have chased me these five year! And now it be Trunnel Toby a-chasing of you — " Ned seemed ...
H. Bedford-Jones, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRUNNEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term trunnel is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Tor 0.2.7.2-alpha has Released
It now uses code generated with the “trunnel” binary encoding generator, to reduce the risk of bugs due to programmer error. Done as part of ticket 12498. «N4BB, Jul 15»
2
Cloud Computing Becoming Pivotal to Cancer Research
As for which cloud infrastructure will Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will use, Trunnel mentions that he is currently evaluating options from Microsoft ... «CloudWedge, Jun 15»
3
Boys' Tennis: Ames doubles duo ensures top eight finish at state
The Little Cyclones came back to make quick work of Urbandale team of Noah Hart and Ben Trunnel in a 6-3, 6-1 win. In the consolation quarterfinals, the Ames ... «Ames Tribune, May 15»
4
Boys' state tennis: Mong, Decorah duo finish fourth
Hart/Trunnel (Urbandale) 6-7 (7-2), 6-2, 6-4, Schneider/Smith (I.C. West) def. Thompson/Nelson (Ank. Centennial) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, Paulson/McCann (Linn-Mar) def. «Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, May 15»
5
Jeffersonville gives kids close look at trucks
Misty Trunnel of Jeffersonville brought her daughter, Kira Sims, 5, along with a few of her friends. All the youngsters sported impressive face paint as they stood ... «The Courier-Journal, May 15»
6
Waukee edges Jaguars to win Johnston title
Singles--Thompson beat Chaudhry, 6-1, 6-2; Nelson beat Hart, 6-4, 6-1; Trunnel (U) beat Lewton, 6-3, 7-5; Johnson beat Carrier, 6-2, 6-2; J. Miller beat Lange, ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Apr 15»
7
Sports Roundup: Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Trunnel. 6-2, 6-0; Stradling def. Carrier, 6-0, 6-0; Parker def. Lange, 6-1, 6-0; Kruzan def. Bouhaik, 6-1, 6-1. Doubles—Delsol/Grossman def. Hart/Trunnel, 6-3, ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Apr 15»
8
Sports Roundup: Thursday, April 2, 2015
Tully, 6-3, 6-4; Trunnel def. Salzburg, 6-4, 6-1; Bartemes (SEP) def. Carrier, 4-6, 6-4, 11-9; Boubaik def. Rice, 4-6, 7-5, 10-2; Lange def. Lynch, 4-6, 7-6, 11-9. «DesMoinesRegister.com, Apr 15»
9
VALLEY ROUNDUP: Cathedral City outduels Indio
Christian Briceno added 15 points for Indio and Trunnel Park had 12 points. Cathedral City (7-9, 1-3) hosts La Quinta on Friday. Indio (4-12, 0-3) plays Palm ... «USA TODAY High School Sports, Jan 15»
10
Logged In: Tending South Jersey's 377-Year-Old Cabin
The cabin's roof rafters are supported by trunnel pins—wedgelike wooden dowels typical of 17th-century cabins—that are hammered between each beam. «New Jersey Monthly, Jan 15»

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