Definition for Trough:

• a concave shape with an open top

Synonyms for Trough:

• n.

  •
  • atmospheric pressure,
  • isobar,
  • front,
  • the Gulf Stream,
  • depression,
  • frontal,
  • cold front,
  • anticyclone,
  • air pressure.
  •
  • crest,
  • breaker,
  • cap,
  • high water,
  • high tide,
  • high-water mark,
  • backwash,
  • flood tide,
  • low tide,
  • billow.
  •
  • corral,
  • dairy,
  • crate,
  • crook,
  • dip,
  • cattle prod,
  • brand,
  • cow town.
  •
  • bad hair day.
  •artifact (noun)
  • trough.
  •bowl (noun)
  • bowl.
  •channel (noun)
  • tideways.
  •conduit (noun)
  • pipeline,
  • flows,
  • spout,
  • lead-out,
  • pipelines.
  •dent (noun)
  • embrasure,
  • embrasures,
  • incision,
  • scallop,
  • crenels,
  • scallops,
  • crenel,
  • con-cavity.
  •dip (noun)
  • eavestrough,
  • depression between waves,
  • cup.
  •excavation (noun)
  • disinterrings,
  • un-earthing,
  • shovelings,
  • unearthings,
  • scoopings,
  • un earthing,
  • exhumings,
  • dis-interring,
  • dis interring.
  •groove (noun)
  • ditch,
  • cut,
  • dado,
  • groove,
  • furrow,
  • gully,
  • canal,
  • flute,
  • slot,
  • corrugation.
  •gutter (noun)
  • sulcations.
  •gutter, depression (noun)
  • duct,
  • watercourse,
  • crib,
  • flume,
  • dike,
  • manger,
  • moat.
  •hollow (noun)
  • sinkages.
  •passage (noun)
  • conduit.
  •public treasury (noun)
  • public treasury.
  •rainy day (noun)
  • rainy-day,
  • bad patches.
  •slump (noun)
  • de scents,
  • bad periods,
  • falling-offs,
  • re cession,
  • de-scents,
  • downtrends,
  • re-verse,
  • falling offs,
  • de-scent,
  • re-cessions,
  • re cessions,
  • fallingoff,
  • de scent,
  • re-cession,
  • fallingoffs,
  • the skid,
  • re verse.
  •stream (noun)
  • sluice.
  •till (noun)
  • till.
  •tomb (noun)
  • burial chamber.
  •valley (noun)
  • lowland,
  • dingles,
  • Swale,
  • swales,
  • Coulee,
  • coulees,
  • Lowlands,
  • dingle,
  • dale.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • off-day.
  •
  • the slow lane,
  • fallow.
  •
  • wilderness,
  • lull,
  • eclipse.
  •
  • failure.
  •
  • write off.
  •dip
  • hole.

Paraphrases for Trough:

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    depression.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    depression.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    bottom, boom, bucket, outage, ditch, surge, minimum.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    chute, dip, slump, basket, crook, downturn.

Trough Sentence Examples:

• When a man happens to be out in mid - winter with a stout stick in his hand, and he comes across a layer of ice on the top of a pool or a trough of water, he always - or nearly always - is at once a prey to the silly desire to break that layer of ice.

• You've got a new horse trough in front of the livery barn.

Hypernym for Trough:

• n.

  • artifact
    rocker, cradle.
  • object
    Swale.

Hyponym for Trough:

• n.

  • artifact
    receptacle.
  • object
    natural depression, depression.