trough | | |
n. (object) | 1. trough | a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed). |
| ~ natural depression, depression | a sunken or depressed geological formation. |
| ~ swale | a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges). |
n. (artifact) | 2. gutter, trough | a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater. |
| ~ channel | a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through.; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street" |
| ~ slideway, sloping trough, chute, slide | sloping channel through which things can descend. |
| ~ cullis | a gutter in a roof. |
| ~ gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback roof, saddleback | a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end. |
n. (shape) | 3. bowl, trough | a concave shape with an open top. |
| ~ concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature | a shape that curves or bends inward. |
n. (possession) | 4. public treasury, till, trough | a treasury for government funds. |
| ~ exchequer, treasury | the funds of a government or institution or individual. |
n. (artifact) | 5. trough | a long narrow shallow receptacle. |
| ~ receptacle | a container that is used to put or keep things in. |
| ~ cradle, rocker | a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold. |
n. (artifact) | 6. manger, trough | a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed. |
| ~ bunk, feed bunk | a long trough for feeding cattle. |
| ~ container | any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another). |
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