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trough

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of trough

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

drill, furrow

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

kennel

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

conduit, duct

aqueduct

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