trough

tɹɒf

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#1·2h ago

A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.

One of Harriet's chores was to slop the pigs' trough each morning and evening.

Origin: From , from , trog, from , from , *trugaz, from , enlargement of tree. See also , , , , ; also , . More at tree. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·2h ago

Any similarly shaped container.

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#3·2h ago

A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.

There was a small trough that the sump pump emptied into; it was filled with mosquito larvae.

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