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Definitions for Trough

[1] a long, narrow, open receptacle, usually boxlike in shape, used chiefly to hold water or food for animals.
[2] any of several similarly shaped receptacles used for various commercial or household purposes.
[3] a channel or conduit for conveying water, as a gutter under the eaves of a building for carrying away rain water.
[4] any long depression or hollow, as between two ridges or waves.
[5] Oceanography . a long, wide, and deep depression in the ocean floor having gently sloping sides, wider and shallower than a trench. Compare trench(def 4) .
[6] Meteorology . an elongated area of relatively low pressure.
[7] the lowest point, especially in an economic cycle.
[8] a narrow open container, esp one in which food or water for animals is put
[9] a narrow channel, gutter, or gulley
[10] a narrow depression either in the land surface, ocean bed, or between two successive waves
[11] meteorol an elongated area of low pressure, esp an extension of a depression Compare ridge (def. 6)
[12] a single or temporary low point; depression
[13] physics the portion of a wave, such as a light wave, in which the amplitude lies below its average value
[14] economics the lowest point or most depressed stage of the trade cycle
[15] (intr) informal to eat, consume, or take greedily

Words related to Trough

trench, manger, canal, moat, gully, cup, duct, dike, crib, hollow, watercourse, flume, ditch, dip, channel, furrow

Words nearby Trough

troubleshoot, troubleshooter, troublesome, troublous, trouch, trough, trough roof, trounce, troupe, trouper, troupial

Origin of Trough

before 900; Middle English; Old English trōh; cognate with Dutch, German, Old Norse trog

Other words from Trough

trough·like , adjective

Word origin for Trough

Old English trōh ; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse trog trough, Dutch trügge ladle

Synonyms for Trough

trench, canal, channel, crib, cup, dike, dip, ditch, duct, flume, furrow, gully, hollow, manger, moat, watercourse