trough

[trough]

If you live on a farm, you already know that a trough is what animals eat out of. The word actually refers to the shape of the container, and can mean anything that is low and hollowed out––like a curve on a graph or a depression in the ground.

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A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel.

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a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

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a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed

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a long narrow shallow receptacle

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a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)

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a treasury for government funds

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a concave shape with an open top


n.
A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel.

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Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc.


Trough

Trough , n. [OE. trough, trogh, AS. trog, troh; akin to D., G., & Icel. trog, Sw. tr'86g, Dan. trug; probably originally meaning, made of wood, and akin to E. tree. & 241. See Tree, and cf. Trug.] 1. A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel. 2. Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc. Trough gutter (Arch.), a rectangular or V-shaped gutter, usually hung below the eaves of a house. -- Trough of the sea, the depression between two waves.

A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel.

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