Trunk and Vault

Trunk

Trunk noun - A covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things.

Usage example: threw the rest of her books and tapes in the trunk and closed the lid

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Vault and trunk are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vault" instead a noun "Trunk".

Vault noun - An underground burial chamber.

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Trunk and vault are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Trunk" instead a noun "Vault".

Nearby Words: vaulted, vaulting

old	old trunk	old vault
full	full trunk	full vault
original	original trunk	original vault
single	single trunk	single vault
Other adjectives: empty, small, entire, massive, large, huge, main, forgotten, new, hidden, titular, said, nearby, giant, locked, magical, underwater.

The car blew up upon crashing because of the nitroglycerin that was put in the trunk in an earlier episode as part of a ploy to blast through a bank vault.

Source: Justified Trope
In Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, some of the participants in a just completed vault robbery hide in the (huge) trunk of a 1950s Chevy, which goes over to the nearby drive-in as a vehicle with a couple of regular customers.

Source: Drive-In Theater

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