1
: furrowed or drained by trenches
2
: provided with protective trenches
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As a divider between the lawn and garden beds, edging can be as simple as a trenched edge or a shallow, V-shape ditch.
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Kelly Roberson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Sep. 2022
Canton Street, Good Latimer Expressway, Commerce Street, Main Street, Elm Street, Cesar Chavez Boulevard, Pacific Avenue, Live Oak Street and Ross Avenue would cross over the trenched highway, connecting Deep Ellum to the rest of the city.
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Dallas News,
24 May 2022
Some of Kuroda’s earlier CMOS image sensor chips, which used planar rather than trenched capacitors, are already on the market in ultrahigh speed cameras (HPV X and X2 models) made by Shimadzu.
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IEEE Spectrum,
16 Dec. 2016
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Kelly Roberson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Sep. 2022
Canton Street, Good Latimer Expressway, Commerce Street, Main Street, Elm Street, Cesar Chavez Boulevard, Pacific Avenue, Live Oak Street and Ross Avenue would cross over the trenched highway, connecting Deep Ellum to the rest of the city.
—
Dallas News,
24 May 2022
Some of Kuroda’s earlier CMOS image sensor chips, which used planar rather than trenched capacitors, are already on the market in ultrahigh speed cameras (HPV X and X2 models) made by Shimadzu.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
16 Dec. 2016
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“Trenched.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trenched. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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