[
UK
/tɹˈɒf/
]
[ US /ˈtɹɔf/ ]
[ US /ˈtɹɔf/ ]
NOUN
- a concave shape with an open top
- a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
- a long narrow shallow receptacle
- a treasury for government funds
- a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
- a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
How To Use trough In A Sentence
- After the wave comes the trough, where the sea level drops below normal and the water dumped on land pours back to the sea.
- Other animals, such as waterbucks, kudus, warthogs, and baboons, drank from the same troughs.
- The molten metal channels into the troughs.
- It could start with a leaky eavestrough that ices up somebody else's walkway. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
- His golden eyes glinted as he suddenly moved trough the crowd with lightning speed and grabbed a young boy by the collar.
- It causes the core body temperature to increase to a peak and descend to a trough once every twenty-four hours.
- Cirrus clouds indicated the distant approach of a trough, both in the surface and upper air.
- It is not equipped to handle the wild peaks and troughs typical of wind production. Times, Sunday Times
- I think that we all deserve pats on the back for retaining the spelling knight after losing the silent velar fricative that once started the word, and for successfully mastering learning the various sound sequences that that master of disguise ough can hide (bough, trough, plough, through, tough, etc.). Preposterous Apostrophes VII: Why Won’t Willn’t Work? « Motivated Grammar
- Trophy trought and salmon are only part of the catch at these luxe western lodges.