Definitions of trough [ɔf, trɒf or, sometimes, trɔθ, trɒθ]

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Definition of 'trough'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) trough
a long, narrow, open receptacle, usu. boxlike in shape, used chiefly to hold water or food for animals.

2.  trough
any of several similarly shaped receptacles used for various commercial or household purposes.

3.  trough
a channel or conduit for conveying water, as a gutter under the eaves of a building.

4.  trough
any long depression or hollow.

5.  trough
a long, wide, and deep depression in the ocean floor having gently sloping sides, wider and shallower than a trench.

6.  trough
an elongated area of relatively low barometric pressure.

7.  trough
the lowest point, esp. in an economic cycle.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE trōh, c. OFris, OS, ON trog, OHG

Definition of 'trough'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) trough
a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)

2. (noun) gutter, trough
a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

3. (noun) bowl, trough
a concave shape with an open top

4. (noun) public treasury, trough, till
a treasury for government funds

5. (noun) trough
a long narrow shallow receptacle

6. (noun) manger, trough
a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed

Definition of 'trough'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) trough
a long container that animals feed or drink from
a stone trough

2. trough
a period during which sth is at its lowest level
The business had recently hit a trough.

Definition of 'trough'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) trough
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. (noun) trough
any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc

Translation of 'trough'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a long, low, open container for animals' food or water a drinking-trough for the cattle.
Afrikaans: trog	Arabic: حَوْض لِعَلَف الماشِيَه	Bulgarian: корито
Brazilian: cocho	Czech: koryto	German: der Trog
Danish: trug	Greek: ταΐστρα ζώου	Spanish: (para beber) abrevadero;
Estonian: küna	Farsi: آبشخور؛ آخور	Finnish: kaukalo
French: auge	Hebrew: אֵבוֹס	Hindi: नाद
Croatian: korito, valov	Hungarian: vályú	Indonesian: tempat makanan binatang
Icelandic: trog	Italian: trogolo, mangiatoia	Japanese: かいばおけ
Korean: 구유	Lithuanian: lovys	Latvian: sile
Malay: palung	Dutch: trog	Norwegian: trau
Polish: żłób, koryto	Persian: آبشخور؛ آخور	Pashto: اخور
Portuguese: cocho	Romanian: albie	Russian: корыто; кормушка
Slovak: koryto	Slovenian: korito	Serbian: korito
Swedish: tråg, ho	Thai: รางน้ำ	Turkish: yalak, yemlik
Taiwanese: (牲畜的)飼料槽	Ukrainian: годівниця, корито, жолоб	Urdu: ڈونگي
Vietnamese: máng ăn	Chinese: （牲畜的）饲料槽
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