trough

Speech parts

1. trough - Noun

2. trough - Verb

Meaning

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.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

manger canyon hopper dale dipper dell hod valley cup kennel vale dimple bowl basin aqueduct
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Antonyms

hill mount ridge acme mohawk knoll
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Hypernyms

depression exchequer channel container receptacle concavity

Hyponyms

slide cradle chute rocker bunk cullis

Phrases with the word

Sylhet Trough Langmuir-Blodgett trough LB trough public trough drinking trough feed trough

Anagrams

Rought

Examples

...the Democratic and Republican parties, two apparently distinct political entities feeding at the same corporate trough. Ralph Nader

I had read a Tale of Two Cities and found it up to my standards as a romantic novel. She opened the first page and I heard poetry for the first time in my life...her voice slid in and curved down trough and over the words. She was nearly singing. Maya Angelou

Jesus will take me safe trough... I shall see Jesus, who created all things, Jesus, who made the worlds; I shall see Him as He is;... Yes; I have had the Light for many years, and Oh! how bright it is! I feel SO SAFE, SO SATISFIED. David Brewster

When a pig has eaten its full, it pushes over its trough. Corsican Proverb

When the pig has had a bellyful it upsets the trough. Dutch Proverb

When the sow is satisfied she throws the trough away. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Troubridge trouchman Troud trough lolly trough-shell trougher