The boot.
The American counterpart of the British word "boot" is "trunk." In the UK, "boot" refers to the storage compartment at the back of a car, while in the US, "trunk" is the term used for the same feature.
It's not so much about words that have different meanings but about common items that have different names. eg. in the US a car would have a trunk and in the UK a boot, the hood is the bonnet and gas is petrol. potato chips are crisps and an eraser is a rubber! The list goes on and it is possible to buy an American English, British English translator.
Whatever they could fit in a trunk and thats it..
English descent.
In British English, "bonnet" refers to the cover over the engine of a car, known as the "hood" in American English. The term can also mean a type of headwear for women or children. Therefore, in an automotive context, a British "bonnet" is equivalent to the American "hood."
The American English equivalent for "boot," when referring to footwear, is also "boot." However, if you're referring to the trunk of a car, the American English term is "trunk," while in British English, it is referred to as a "boot."
boot (as in the trunk of a car)
Australians typically call the trunk of a car the "boot." This term is commonly used in Australia and is derived from British English. In contrast, the front compartment where the engine is located is often referred to as the "bonnet."
The term "boot" for the trunk of a car comes from the early days of automobiles when cars had a separate compartment for storing luggage at the rear called a "boot locker." Over time, the term was shortened to "boot." The British continued to use this term, while Americans adopted the term "trunk" instead.
Probably the meaning you are after is the storage area of a motor car. For example, a car-boot sale is where people take goods in the boot of their car, and sell them in a market, which might be a large car-park for example. In North America it is called a trunk.
The American word for a clothing trunk is chest.
Locked in the Trunk of a Car was created in 1992.
Yes. Some car amplifiers can be mounted in the trunk.
a trunk port is called a trunk because it is part of the back end of a car - ie a trunk.
the trunk
A car has a trunk, and a truck does not.
the trunk of your body is the upper and lower abdomen