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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
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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
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The first known use of trough was before the 12th century
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