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trough

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1 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

Synonyms of trough

channel, conduit, duct, leader, line, penstock, pipe, tube

Words Related to trough

drain, drainpipe, funnel, hydrant, main, smokestack, spout, standpipe, stovepipe, tile, waste pipe, waterspout

pipage (or pipeage), pipeline, piping

2 a long narrow channel dug in the earth

I slid and fell into the trough by the side of the road, scraping my leg

Synonyms of trough

dike, ditch, fosse (or foss), gutter, sheugh [chiefly Scottish], trench

Words Related to trough

acequia [Southwest], culvert, drain, draw, gully (also gulley), ravine

ha-ha, moat, stank [British dialect], sunk fence

3 a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof

the troughs on the eaves of the house were clogged with leaves

Synonyms of trough

drainpipe, eaves trough, gutter, rainspout, spout, waterspout

Words Related to trough

drain, flume, sluice

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