trough
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4.6
- noun
- /trɔf/
:
abrevadero
- Every morning, the workers gather to fill the trough with food for the pigs.
- a water trough
- a food trough
- a long trough
You can hear all the pigs scared in their troughs.
- You can hear all the pigs scared in their troughs.
Examples
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In 1934, the iron watering troughs were removed from the city streets.
Academic text (1998) -
At the rear of the roofed hall was a water trough made of an enormous dugout log.
Fiction book (1993) -
Fill the water trough, son.
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Its windows were dark, and it had a water trough in the yard.
Fiction book (1997) -
There is a washing trough in the room where you treated your arm.
Fiction book (1992) -
Well, now, look at this fella, drinking from the horse trough.
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These are the horse troughs that we use to put ice in.
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When they saw me coming each night, they raced to the trough for dinner.
Fiction book (1992) -
Here, we'll put a carrot in the trough.
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Shaheen and the mule were drinking from the trough in the stable.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
22
5.4
A long open box in a stable where animals eat
1
8.0
A long box used for feeding farm animals
A long raised container that holds food for cows
A long tilted channel that guides water or things down by themselves
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Etymology
Trough comes from an old English word troh meaning 'container' or 'hollow'. Think of a wooden feeding trough that holds water or food for animals, which is why a trough is an open channel for water, food, or plants.