sloping trough
- noun
- Specialized
:
canal inclinado
- Rainwater runs off the roof and into a sloping trough that leads to the drain.
Examples
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The workers poured grain down the sloping trough to fill the storage bins.
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The packaging facility used a sloping trough to guide boxes onto the conveyor belt.
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Look at that sloping trough over there!
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The sloping trough is ideal for drainage.
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Rainwater runs off the roof and into a sloping trough that leads to the drain.
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The packaging facility used a sloping trough to guide boxes onto the conveyor belt.
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The workers poured grain down the sloping trough to fill the storage bins.
Synonyms
112
1.0
A smooth sloping surface children go down for fun
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4.2
A sloping passage like a slide that lets people or things go down
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4.2
A sloping surface that connects different levels
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8.3
A slanted channel that lets things slide down by gravity
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3.9
A flat sloping surface that helps move heavy things up or down
Antonyms
How Steep
Surface Forms
Morphology
This phrase is a straightforward adjective+noun composition: 'sloping' (angled) modifies 'trough' (a long open receptacle), yielding an inclined channel. The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents and follows common cross-linguistic noun-modifier patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
Sloping trough shows a simple picture: a low trough set at an angle so the sloping surface lets boxes, grain, or water slide down by themselves. So it means 'a channel or trough with an inclined surface that makes things move down'.