TROUGH
/tɹɑf/
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Definition
/tɹɑf/
noun
- A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.“One of Hank's chores was to slop the pigs' trough each morning and evening.”
- Any similarly shaped container.
- A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.“There was a small trough that the sump pump emptied into; it was filled with mosquito larvae.”
- A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.“The troughs were filled with leaves and needed clearing.”
- A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel.
verb
- To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough.“he troughed his way through three meat pies.”
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: TROUGH-S
