trough
trough is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc. Trough gutter (Arch.), a rectangular or V-shaped gutter, usually hung below the eaves of a house. -- Trough of the sea, the depression between two waves.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- bisulcate
- bisulcous
- bite
- canaliculated
- chamfer
- channel
- corduroy
- costate
- crack
- cradle
- dike
- ditch
- dyke
- engrave
- etch
- flute
- fluted
- fluting
- fosse
- furrow
- groove
- gutter
- hole
- incise
- incision
- interval
- kennel
- moat
- plow
- ravine
- ribbed
- road
- rut
- score
- scratch
- slit
- streak
- striated
- sulcated
- sulcus
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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