frunk

English

Etymology

Blend of front +‎ trunk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɹʌŋk/
• Rhymes: -ʌŋk

Noun

frunk (plural frunks)

1. (automotive) A trunk (boot, storage compartment) located at the front rather than the rear of a car.
   • 2013 (summer), Standard, issue 17, page 50:

     The Model S, showing off both its traditional trunk and its surprising "frunk."

   • 2014 March 11, T. T. Monday, The Setup Man: A Novel, Doubleday, →ISBN:

     I pop the trunk of the Porsche and find ...the engine. […] I walk around the front of the car, pop the other trunk—the frunk?—and discover a tire iron nestled next to the spare.

   • 2014 August/September, Charged: Electric Vehicles Magazine, issue 15, page 65:

     […] a rear cargo area that's more like that of a hatchback than the trunk of a sedan, and a "frunk" where the engine isn't. It's also theoretically safer than a dinosaur-burner, at least in a frontal collision, because the frunk provides a long crumple zone in the front […]

Synonyms

• froot (UK)

Translations

front boot — see froot

See also

• bonnet