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trough definition

trough (trôf, träf)

noun

  1. a long, narrow, open container of wood, stone, etc. for holding water or food for animals
  2. any similarly shaped vessel, as one for kneading or washing something
  3. a channel or gutter, esp. one under the eaves of a building, for carrying off rainwater
  4. a long, narrow hollow or depression, as between waves
  5. a low in any cycle, esp. in an economic cycle
  6. a long, narrow area of low barometric pressure

Etymology: ME < OE trog, akin to Ger < IE *druk- < base *deru-, tree: basic sense, “hollowed wooden object”

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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