trough

CEFRB2

/tɹɒf/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A long container used to hold food or water for animals.

  2. 02

    noun

    A low point between higher areas or values.

Examples

  • He put the clothes in the trough.

  • He sits upright, not crouched over his plate like an animal at a feeding trough.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /tɹɔθ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any similarly shaped container.

  2. A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.

  3. A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.

More examples

In context

  • He slipped from the roof directly into the trough and drowned.

  • Ernest threw his paint brushes into a kind of trough he had fashioned from sheet metal that he kept in the sink.

  • One of Harriet's chores was to slop the pigs' trough each morning and evening.

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Origin

noun

PIE word *dóru From Middle English trogh, from Old English troh, trog (“a trough, tub, basin, vessel for containing liquids or other materials”), from Proto-West Germanic *trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *drukós, enlargement of *dóru (“tree”). See also West Frisian trôch, Dutch trog, German Trog, Danish trug, Swedish tråg; also Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin”), Old Armenian տարգալ (targal, “ladle, spoon”). More at tree.