The trunk (North American English) or boot (British English) of a car is the vehicle's main storage or cargo compartment, often a hatch at the rear of the vehicle.
trunk. / (trʌŋk) / noun. the main stem of a tree, usually thick and upright, covered with bark and having branches at some distance from the ground. a large strong case or box used to contain clothes and other personal effects when travelling and for storage.
The word "boot"(which is commonly used by the English), goes back to 18th century horse-drawn carriages where the coachman sat on a chest, which was used to store, among other things, his boots. This storage space came to be termed as the "boot locker", which soon became the "boot".
Both the terms refer to the same part of the car in different regions. In the United States, it's commonly called the "car trunk," while in the United Kingdom and many other English-speaking countries, it's known as the "car boot."
Luggage is the usual word in British English, but baggage is preferred in the context of the bags and cases that passengers take on a flight. In North American English baggage is usually used.
The front window of the car is named the windscreen in the UK, while in the USA, they've tweaked it just slightly to read windshield. Both 'screen' and 'shield' suggest protection and so are still quite similar in their meaning, linguistically.
The trunk or torso is an anatomical term for the central or axial part of the human body, from which extend the neck and the limbs. It comprises of the thorax, abdomen, pelvis and the back regions.
Trunks typically connect switching centers in a communications system. The signals can convey any type of communications data. A networking trunk can consist of several wires, cables or fiber optic strands bundled together in a single physical cable to maximize the available bandwidth.
What do British people call the back of a car? The back of the car is called the back of the car. The storage compartment located there is called the boot. The lid at the front of the car is called the bonnet.
Rubber. This is an informal way of saying condom on the US – so a rubber is a contraceptive. We just call them condoms in the UK. And we use rubbers to remove pencil marks from paper.
So, the name "rucksack" refers to a type of bag used by British people. The Americans, on the other hand, use the term backpack to refer to the same thing as the British.
Yankee is sometimes abbreviated as “Yank.” People from all over the world, including Great Britain, Australia, and South America, use the term to describe Americans. (In Spanish, it's spelled yanqui.) Sometimes, it's a negative description.
The term frunk has emerged in automotive circles as a term for an enclosed storage compartment located near the front of the vehicle. Such compartments are meant to be analogous to a trunk, which is traditionally located in the car's rear. Frunk, naturally, is a portmanteau of trunk and front.
French, like English, is one of Canada's 2 official languages. Federal institutions are bilingual. They operate and provide services in both official languages. The Government of Canada also actively promotes both official languages in Canadian society ( Official Languages Act ).
English speakers in other Commonwealth countries also prefer the pronunciation zed. As zed is the British pronunciation and zee is chiefly American, zed represents one of the rare occasions in which most Canadians prefer the British to the American pronunciation.
Is Canadian English closer to British or American?
While Canadian English tends to be closer to American English in most regards, it does possess elements from British English and some uniquely Canadian characteristics.
