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- Dictionarytrough/trɒf/
noun
- 1. a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of: "a water trough" Similar
- 2. a channel used to convey a liquid. Similar
verb
- 1. eat greedily. informal
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TROUGH definition: 1. a long, narrow container without a lid that usually holds water or food for farm animals: 2. a…. Learn more.
- English (US)
TROUGH meaning: 1. a long, narrow container without a lid...
- Znaczenie Trough, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
TROUGH definicja: 1. a long, narrow container without a lid...
- Trough: German Translation
trough translate: der Trog, das Wellental, das Tief. Learn...
- Trough: Malay Translation
trough translate: palung, jurang, lekukan tekanan. Learn...
- Trough: Polish Translation
TROUGH translate: koryto, dołek, żłób, koryto, dołek,...
- Trough: Japanese Translation
trough translate: 飼い葉おけ, えさ入れ. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Trough: Arabic Translation
TROUGH translate: مِزوَد / حَوْض. Learn more in the...
- Trough: Catalan Translation
trough translate: abeurador, menjadora. Learn more in the...
- English (US)
The meaning of TROUGH is a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals. How to use trough in a sentence.
Trough definition: a long, narrow, open receptacle, usually boxlike in shape, used chiefly to hold water or food for animals.. See examples of TROUGH used in a sentence.
TROUGH meaning: 1. a long, narrow container without a lid that usually holds water or food for farm animals: 2. a…. Learn more.
trough. (trɔf, trɒf or, sometimes, trɔθ, trɒθ) n. 1. a long, narrow, open receptacle, usu. boxlike in shape, used chiefly to hold water or food for animals. 2. any of several similarly shaped receptacles used for various commercial or household purposes.
If you live on a farm, you already know that a trough is what animals eat out of. The word actually refers to the shape of the container, and can mean anything that is low and hollowed out — like a curve on a graph or a depression in the ground.
a period of time when the level of something is low, especially a time when a business or the economy is not growing. There have been peaks and troughs in the long-term trend of unemployment. a low area between two waves in the sea, or two hills.
