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- Dictionarytrench/trɛn(t)ʃ/
noun
- 1. a long, narrow ditch: "dig a trench around the perimeter of the fire"
- 2. a long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean bed, typically one running parallel to a plate boundary and marking a subduction zone: "the Marianas Trench"
verb
- 1. dig a trench or trenches in (the ground): "she trenched the terrace to a depth of 6 feet"
- 2. border closely on; encroach on: archaic "this would surely trench very far on the dignity and liberty of citizens"
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The meaning of TRENCH is a long cut in the ground : ditch; especially : one used for military defense often with the excavated dirt thrown up in front. How to use trench in a sentence.
TRENCH definition: 1. a narrow hole that is dug into the ground: 2. a deep hole dug by soldiers and used as a place…. Learn more.
A trench is a long narrow channel in the ground used by soldiers in order to protect themselves from the enemy. People often refer to the battle grounds of the First World War in Northern France and Belgium as the trenches.
TRENCH meaning: 1. a narrow hole that is dug into the ground: 2. a deep hole dug by soldiers and used as a place…. Learn more.
A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a swale or a bar ditch), and narrow compared with its length (as opposed to a simple hole or pit).
Definition of trench noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a long, deep hole dug in the ground, for example for carrying away water. Workmen were digging a trench beside the road.
A trench is a deep and narrow hole, or ditch, in the ground, like the kind soldiers on frontlines might dig to give themselves shelter from the enemy. A natural trench may also be a deep hole on the bottom of the ocean.
A trench is a long narrow channel in the ground used by soldiers in order to protect themselves from the enemy. People often refer to the battlegrounds of the First World War in Northern France and Belgium as the trenches .
TRENCH meaning: 1 : a long, narrow hole that is dug in the ground ditch; 2 : a deep, narrow hole in the ground that is used as protection for soldiers usually plural
1. a long, narrow excavation in the ground dug by soldiers as a defense against enemy fire or attack. 2. a deep furrow, ditch, or cut. 3. a long, narrow depression in the deep-sea floor, site of ocean deeps. 4. to surround or fortify with trenches; entrench. 6. to set or place in a trench.
