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trough
Found in thesaurus: natural depression, depression, channel, incurvation, concave shape, concavity, incurvature, exchequer, treasury, receptacle, container
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trough
n.
long and narrow receptacle (e.g. for holding food and water for animals); channel or drain for transporting water; elongated depression between two waves; elongated area of low pressure (Meteorology); low point
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Trough
Trough may refer to:
- Trough (economics), the lowest turning point of a business cycle
- Trough (food) or manger, a container for animal feed
- Watering trough, a receptacle of drinking water for domestic and non-domestic livestock
- Trough (geology), a long depression less steep than a trench
- Trough (meteorology), an elongated region of low atmospheric pressure
- Trough (physics), the lowest point on a wave
- Trough level (medicine), the lowest level that a medicine is present in the body
- Langmuir-Blodgett trough, a laboratory instrument
- Battle of the Trough, a 1756 skirmish of the French and Indian War in West Virginia
- Sleightholme Beck Gorge - The Troughs, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of south-west County Durham, England
- The Trough, a gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River in West Virginia
- Trough, an old word for an inkwell
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trough
Noun
1. a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
(hypernym) natural depression, depression
2. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
(synonym) gutter
(hypernym) channel
(hyponym) chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough
(part-holonym) gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof
3. a concave shape with an open top
(synonym) bowl
(hypernym) concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature
4. a treasury for government funds
(synonym) public treasury, till
(hypernym) treasury, exchequer
5. a long narrow shallow receptacle
(hypernym) receptacle
(hyponym) rocker, cradle
6. a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
(synonym) manger
(hypernym) container
(hyponym) bunk, feed bunk
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trough
n.
koryto; údolí; sedlo
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trough
Rzecz.
żłób; koryto; dolina
