noun Download 🔗Share A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals. Examples : "The farmer filled the troughs with fresh water for the horses to drink. " animal agriculture utensil item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any similarly shaped container. Examples : "The cafeteria has several long, stainless steel troughs filled with ice to keep the salad bar items cold. " utensil item thing 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 utility 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 used the system of shallow troughs to water his vegetable garden efficiently. " agriculture utensil technical 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." geography weather ocean nature science physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front. Examples : "The weather forecast warned of heavy rain and strong winds as a series of troughs moved across the region. " weather nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading