trough
trough is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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.
- noun. Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc.
- noun. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
- noun. a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
- noun. a long narrow shallow receptacle
- noun. a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
- noun. a treasury for government funds
- noun. a concave shape with an open top
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Common word forms
troughs, troughed, troughful, troughing
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