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trough
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- pronunciation:
- traf
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trawf
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a long narrow open container used for serving food or water to animals.
The pigs gathered at the trough. |
| definition 2: |
any long narrow depression or channel, such as a gutter, a narrow valley, or the depression in water between two waves.
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| definition 3: |
in meteorology, a long narrow region of low barometric pressure relative to the surrounding area.
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| definition 4: |
a low point on a graph, esp. a low point of a cyclic function.
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| related words: |
channel, groove, gully, launder, tube |
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| derivation: |
troughlike (adj.) |
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