trunking

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of trunk. Use it after "is" or "are", or as the name of the action.

   The phone company is trunking the lines from all three buildings.

   Trunking calls over fewer lines saves the school money.

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2. 2
   nounUKuncountable

   A set of tubes or channels that carry cables, warm air, or fresh air.

   The electricians ran the new cables through the trunking in the ceiling.

   Warm air reaches every classroom through metal trunking.

   Similarducting, ductwork

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3. 3
   nounUKuncountable

   A plastic cover or tube that hides electric wires and keeps them safe.

   Dad put plastic trunking over the wires so the dog couldn't chew them.

   A strip of white trunking hides the cable going up to the light switch.

   Similarconduit, ducting

4. 4
   noununcountable

   All the electric, phone, and computer cables in a building, grouped together and run through it.

   A mouse chewed through the trunking, and three floors lost their phones and internet.

   The building's trunking brings power and internet to every floor.

   Similarcabling, wiring

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   A way for radio systems to share channels by giving each group a free one automatically.

   Thanks to trunking, the bus drivers can always find a free radio channel.

   The city paid for trunking to fix its crowded radio channels.

6. 6
   noununcountable

   Moving packages or containers between a terminal and a company's other sites, or a regular service between places.

   The firm handles trunking between the port and its warehouses inland.

   Overnight trunking takes parcels from the big hub to smaller depots.

   Similarlinehaul

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