TRENCHERMEN Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

trenchermen

noun

plural of trencherman

as in feasters

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But both the National Pork Board and the National Pork Producers Council work to protect and expand a hyper-industrial vision of American hog farming.

— Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026
But Devaughn Vele was a target hog late last year, and with rookie Jordyn Tyson sidelined, Vele could be a nice surprise.

— Jake Ciely, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of hogs

Noun

In recent years, the group has also thrown millions of dollars into lobbying for the very unpopular practice of keeping pregnant pigs in tiny crates — a method that big, industrial operations are much more likely to use than smaller farms.

— Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026
Such behavior has previously been seen in animals including chimpanzees, pigs, and dolphins, who have been observed teaching family members how to get food with different types of tools.

— Isabel Gil, Scientific American, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of pigs

Noun

Brown pelicans, double-crested cormorants, western gulls, and more than two dozen other species stop over on Anacapa.

— Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
For millennia, millions of seabirds, including guanay cormorants, Peruvian boobies and pelicans, had nested on rocky outcrops along South America’s arid Pacific coast.

— Edward D. Melillo, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Definition of cormorants

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