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a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)<all of the wiring for the converted residential loft is concealed in a vertical trough>— see pipe 1
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a long narrow channel dug in the earth<I slid and fell into the trough by the side of the road, scraping my leg>— see ditch
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a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof<the troughs on the eaves of the house were clogged with leaves>— see gutter 1
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