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TinaMr Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Are the following words synonyms:
"car trunk"
"car tailgate"
"car back"?
If not, what's the difference?
Thank you!
  

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TinaMr synonyms No. The trunk ('boot' in BrE) is the closed space where you can store luggage. It opens upward, so you can't rest things on it.

— CalifJim

  • TinaMr synonyms No.
  • The trunk ('boot' in BrE) is the closed space where you can store luggage.
  • It opens upward, so you can't rest things on it.
  • The tailgate is the flat section on some vehicles that opens downward from the back.
  • You can rest things on it.
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TinaMrsynonyms
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The trunk ('boot' in BrE) is the closed space where you can store luggage. It opens upward, so you can't rest things on it.
The tailgate is the flat section on some vehicles that opens downward from the back. You can rest things on it.
"car back" is not idiomatic. It's "the back of the car", which is anything at the back part
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Thank you, CJ! Actually, before posting my question, I had googled it but it all the cases I got pics of car trunks, with closed or open rear (the 5th) doors. So it wasn't very clear. Now I understand it much better.
Thank you, once again!
Tina
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