Trough Synonyms

trôf, trŏf
A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. gutter
  2. channel
  3. dip
  4. ditch
  5. basin
  6. eavestrough
  7. bowl
  8. depression between waves
  9. chute
  10. hollow
  11. cup
  12. conduit
  13. sluice
A treasury for government funds
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. public-treasury
  2. till
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A container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. manger

Words Related to Trough

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. hole
  2. ridge
  3. wave
  4. riverbed
  5. crest
  6. water-filled
  7. reservoir
  8. runnel
  9. river-bed

Trough Sentence Examples

  • In the main it is a broad trough, wider towards the north than towards the south, and unsymmetrical, Hudson Bay occupying much of its north-eastern part, while to the west broad plains rise gradually to the foot-hills of the Rocky Mountains, the eastern member of the Cordillera which follows the Pacific coast of America.

  • The West Atlantic Trough lying on the western side of the Central Rise widens in the north into the North American Basin, and its, greatest depths appears to be in the Porto Rico Trench, where in 1882 Capt.

  • But next morning I went to the trough, and lo, he had disappeared!

  • Alex had broken the ice off the top of the water trough by the time she got there and every stall was filled with fresh hay.

  • Iron ships' plates have recently been coated with copper in sections (to prevent the adhesion of barnacles), by building up a temporary trough against the side of the ship, making the thoroughly cleansed plate act both as cathode and as one side of the trough.

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