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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TROUGH, n. trauf.
1. A vessel hollow longitudinally, or a large log or piece of timber excavated longitudinally on the upper side; used for various purposes.
2. A tray. [This is the same word dialectically altered.]
3. A canoe; the rude boat of uncivilized men.
4. The channel that conveys water, as in mills.
The trough of the sea, the hollow between waves.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
2: a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater [syn: gutter, trough]
3: a concave shape with an open top [syn: bowl, trough]
4: a treasury for government funds [syn: public treasury, trough, till]
5: a long narrow shallow receptacle
6: a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed [syn: manger, trough]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural troughs) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English trog; akin to Old High German trog trough, Old English tr?ow tree, wood — more at tree Date: before 12th century 1. a. a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals b. any of various domestic or industrial containers 2. a. a conduit, drain, or channel for water; especially a gutter along the eaves of a building b. a long and narrow or shallow channel or depression (as between waves or hills); especially a long but shallow depression in the bed of the sea — compare trench 3. the minimum point of a complete cycle of a periodic function: as a. an elongated area of low barometric pressure b. the low point in a business cycle

NOAA Weather Glossary

An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure surface or aloft.Usually not associated with a closed circulation, and thus used to distinguish from aclosed low. The opposite of ridge.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a long narrow open receptacle for water, animal feed, etc. 2 a channel for conveying a liquid. 3 an elongated region of low barometric pressure. 4 a hollow between two wave crests. 5 the time of lowest economic performance etc. 6 a region around the minimum on a curve of variation of a quantity. 7 a low point or depression. Etymology: OE trog f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Trough Trough, n. (Meteor.) The transverse section of a cyclonic area where the barometric pressure, neither rising nor falling, has reached its lowest point.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Trough Trough, n. [OE. trough, trogh, AS. trog, troh; akin to D., G., & Icel. trog, Sw. tr[*a]g, Dan. trug; probably originally meaning, made of wood, and akin to E. tree. ? & 241. See Tree, and cf. Trug.] 1. A long, hollow vessel, generally for holding water or other liquid, especially one formed by excavating a log longitudinally on one side; a long tray; also, a wooden channel for conveying water, as to a mill wheel. 2. Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc. Trough gutter (Arch.), a rectangular or V-shaped gutter, usually hung below the eaves of a house. Trough of the sea, the depression between two waves.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(troughs) 1. A trough is a long narrow container from which farm animals drink or eat. N-COUNT 2. A trough is a low area between two big waves on the sea. The boat rolled heavily in the troughs between the waves. N-COUNT 3. A trough is a low point in a process that has regular high and low points, for example a period in business when people do not produce as much as usual. Looking back afterwards you will see that this was not a terminal trough in your career... N-COUNT 4. A trough of low pressure is a long narrow area of low air pressure between two areas of higher pressure. (TECHNICAL) N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

trof.

See SHEEP TENDING; BREAD.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Long tray. 2. Wooden channel. 3. Channel, depression, furrow, hollow.

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