truncate - Dictionary definition and meaning for word truncate
trunc(TRUNK) + cate(CUT).....when you CUT the TRUNK OF THE tree, by cutting the top off, you make it SHORT.
trunCAT(NEAR TO CUT)+E.......and when you CUT something ,YOU SHORTEN things.
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TRUNK+ATE-shorten
TRUNCATE or ABBREVIATE which are rhyming words, mean, to cut something short, to make precise or shorten.
Cut short to fit in a trunk(Box)= Trunk+Cut