trough

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English trogh, from Old English troh, trog (“a trough, tub, basin, vessel for containing liquids or other materials”), from Proto-West Germanic *trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *drukós, enlargement of *dóru (“tree”). See also West Frisian trôch, Dutch trog, German Trog, Danish trug, Swedish tråg; also Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin”), Old Armenian տարգալ (targal, “ladle, spoon”). More at tree. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹɒf/ (General American) (without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /tɹɔf/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /tɹɑf/ (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA(key): /tɹɒf/ (US, dialectal, without the cot–caught merger) enPR: trôth, IPA(key): /tɹɔθ/ (US, dialects, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /tɹɑθ/ Rhymes: -ɒf === Noun === trough (plural troughs) A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals. Any similarly shaped container. (Australia, New Zealand) A rectangular container used for washing or rinsing clothes. A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates. (colloquial) An undivided metal urinal (plumbing fixture) (Canada) A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough. (agriculture, Australia, New Zealand) A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel. A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle. (economics) A low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle. Antonym: peak (meteorology) A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front. ==== Synonyms ==== manger (container for feeding animals) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === trough (third-person singular simple present troughs, present participle troughing, simple past and past participle troughed) To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough. ==== References ==== Oxford English Dictionary Online === See also === crib ditch trench === Anagrams === Rought, rought == Middle English == === Noun === trough alternative form of trogh