trough

  • 21trough — noun 1) a large feeding trough Syn: manger, feeder, bunk, rack, crib, feed box; waterer 2) a thirty foot trough Syn: channel, conduit, trench, ditch, gully …

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  • 22trough — /trɒf / (say trof) noun 1. an open, box like receptacle, usually long and narrow, as for containing water or food for animals, or for any of various other purposes. 2. any receptacle of similar shape. 3. WA, SA, Victoria, Tasmania a large sink… …

  • 23trough — noun (plural troughs) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English trog; akin to Old High German trog trough, Old English trēow tree, wood more at tree Date: before 12th century 1. a. a long shallow often V shaped receptacle for the drinking water …

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  • 24trough —   1) In geology, a trough generally refers to a linear structural depression that extends laterally over a distance, while being less steep than a trench.   2) In metrology, an elongated region of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often… …

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  • 25trough — Synonyms and related words: adit, aerospace, aerosphere, air hole, air pocket, airspace, alveolation, alveolus, amplitude, antinode, antrum, aqueduct, armpit, basin, billow, bore, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, bowl, breakers, bump, burrow, canal …

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  • 26trough —    [ geomorphology ]     a) Any long, narrow depression in the earth s surface, such as one between hills or with no surface outlet for drainage.     b) (not preferred see U shaped valley, mountain valley) A broad, elongate U shaped valley, such… …

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  • 27trough — n 1. manger, feedbox, box. 2. channel, flume, conduit, duct, Civ. Eng. aqueduct, canal; chute, shoot, gutter, eaves trough, open tube; drain, sewer, cloaca, culvert; trench, ditch, moat, fosse, Brit. sough; furrow, groove, race, rut, chase;… …

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  • 28trough — naminių paukščių lesykla statusas Aprobuotas sritis paukštininkystė apibrėžtis Įtaisas lesalams supilti lesinant naminius paukščius. atitikmenys: angl. feeder; trough rus. кормушка для птиц pranc. trémie, f šaltinis Lietuvos Respublikos žemės… …

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  • 29trough — įduba statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. hollow; trough vok. Vertiefung, f rus. впадина, f pranc. cavité, f; creux, m …

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  • 30trough — lesalinė statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Statomas ant žemės arba pakabinamas indas arba įrenginys paukščiams lesinti. atitikmenys: angl. manger; trough vok. Futterplatz, m rus. кормушка, f …

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