Defenition of the word trough
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Defenition of the word trough
- A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
- A long, narrow container, open on top.
- A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.
- A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges.
- A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.
- A water container for animals to drink from.
- a concave shape with an open top
- a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
- a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
- a treasury for government funds
- a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
- a long narrow shallow receptacle
Synonyms for the word trough
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- basin
- bowl
- channel
- depression
- ditch
- drain
- furrow
- gutter
- low
- manger
- public treasury
- till
- trench
Similar words in the trough
Meronymys for the word trough
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- gable roof
- saddle roof
- saddleback
- saddleback roof
Hyponyms for the word trough
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- bunk
- chute
- cradle
- cullis
- feed bunk
- rocker
- slide
- slideway
- sloping trough
- swale
Hypernyms for the word trough
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- channel
- concave shape
- concavity
- conduit
- container
- depression
- exchequer
- incurvation
- incurvature
- natural depression
- receptacle
- treasury
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