noun Download 🔗Share A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals. Examples : "The farmer filled the trough with water for the thirsty cows. " animal agriculture utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any similarly shaped container. Examples : "The ice cream truck had a large trough for carrying the cones. " utensil item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates. Examples : "There was a small trough that the sump pump emptied into; it was filled with mosquito larvae." utility architecture environment agriculture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough. Examples : "The troughs were filled with leaves and needed clearing." architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel. Examples : "The farmer built a shallow trough to direct the rainwater away from his crops. " agriculture utility Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle. Examples : "The buoy bobbed between the crests and troughs of the waves moving across the bay." geology ocean geography nature weather physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front. Examples : "The weather forecast predicted a trough would bring rain to the area tomorrow. " weather nature environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough. Examples : "he troughed his way through three meat pies." food human attitude style Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
