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trough  (trôf, trf)

n.

1.

a. A long, narrow, generally shallow receptacle for holding water or feed for animals.

b. Any of various similar containers for domestic or industrial use, such as kneading or washing.

2. A gutter under the eaves of a roof.

3. A long, narrow depression, as between waves or ridges.

4. A low point in a business cycle or on a statistical graph.

5. Meteorology An elongated region of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with a front.

6. Physics A minimum point in a wave or an alternating signal.

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[Middle English, from Old English trog; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

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trough [trɒf]

n

1. a narrow open container, esp one in which food or water for animals is put

2. a narrow channel, gutter, or gulley

3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a narrow depression either in the land surface, ocean bed, or between two successive waves

4. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) Meteorol an elongated area of low pressure, esp an extension of a depression Compare ridge [6]

5. a single or temporary low point; depression

6. (Physics / General Physics) Physics the portion of a wave, such as a light wave, in which the amplitude lies below its average value

7. (Economics) Economics the lowest point or most depressed stage of the trade cycle

vb

(intr) Informal to eat, consume, or take greedily

[Old English trōh; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse trog trough, Dutch trügge ladle]

troughlike  adj

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trough  (trôf)

1. The part of a wave with the least magnitude; the lowest part of a wave. Compare crest. See more at wave.

2. A narrow, elongated region of relatively low atmospheric pressure occurring at the ground surface or in the upper atmosphere, and often associated with a front. Compare ridge.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trough - a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) natural depression, depression - a sunken or depressed geological formation swale - a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)
	2.	trough - a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater gutter channel - a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through; "the fields were crossed with irrigation channels"; "gutters carried off the rainwater into a series of channels under the street" slideway, sloping trough, chute, slide - sloping channel through which things can descend cullis - a gutter in a roof gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback roof, saddleback - a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
	3.	trough - a concave shape with an open top     bowl concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature - a shape that curves or bends inward
	4.	trough - a treasury for government funds       public treasury, till exchequer, treasury - the funds of a government or institution or individual
	5.	trough - a long narrow shallow receptacle     receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in cradle, rocker - a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
	6.	trough - a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed manger bunk, feed bunk - a long trough for feeding cattle container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

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trough

noun manger, crib, water trough The old stone cattle trough still sits by the entrance.

Translations

trough [trɒf] N

1. (= depression) → depresión f, hoyo m; (between waves, on graph) → seno m; (= channel) → canal m (fig) → parte f baja, punto m más bajo
see also peak A3

2. (Met) → zona f de bajas presiones

3. (for animals) (= feeding trough) → comedero m, pesebre m; (= drinking trough) → abrevadero m, bebedero m; (= kneading trough) → artesa f

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trough [ˈtrɒf] n

(also drinking trough) → abreuvoir m

(also feeding trough) → auge f

(= low area between waves) → creux m

(= low point) (in trade, business, consumption, evolution) → creux m
to be in a trough [person, industry, market] → être au creux de la vague

(METEOROLOGY) trough of low pressure → dépression f

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trough

n

(= container) → Trog m; drinking trough → Wassertrog m

(= depression) → Furche f, → Rille f; (between waves, on graph) → Tal nt; (Met) → Trog m; trough of depression → Tiefdrucktrog m

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trough [trɒf] n

a. (also feeding trough) → mangiatoia, trogolo (also drinking trough) → abbeveratoio; (channel) → canale m

b. (between waves) → cavo; (on graph) → punto più basso (Met) trough of low pressure → area di bassa pressione, depressione f

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trough

n trough [trof]

1 a long, low, open container for animals' food or water a drinking-trough for the cattle. trog حَوْض لِعَلَف الماشِيَه корито koryto trug der Trog ταΐστρα ζώου (para beber) abrevadero; (para comer) pesebre küna آبشخور؛ آخور kaukalo auge אֵבוֹס नाद korito, valov vályú tempat makanan binatang trog trogolo, mangiatoia かいばおけ 구유 lovys sile palung trog trau żłób, koryto cocho albie корыто; кормушка koryto korito korito tråg, ho รางน้ำ yalak, yemlik (牲畜的)飼料槽 годівниця, корито, жолоб ڈونگي máng ăn （牲畜的）饲料槽

2 a low part between two waves (in the sea etc) The boat went down into a trough. trog غَوْر бразда между две вълни údolí (vlny) bølgedal das Wellental το χαμηλό μέρος κύματος seno lainepõhi میان موج aallonpohja creux (d'une vague) שֶקַע בֵּין גִלים दो लहरों के बीच की जगह dol morskog vala hullámvölgy cekungan ombak öldudalur fossa 波間の谷 골 įduba (viļņu) ieplaka jurang golfdal bølgedal dołek, zagłębienie depressão bază (a valu­lui) подошва волны brázda valovna dolina valov vågdal ร่องน้ำ iki dalga arası çukuru 波谷 підошва хвилі دو موجوں کے درميان کا نشيبي حصہ vùng lõm 波谷

3 an area of low pressure in the atmosphere, usually causing rain. trog نِطاق طولي من الضَّغْط المُنْخَفِض област с по-ниско атмосферно налягане deprese lavtryksområde das Tief χαμηλό βαρομετρικό depresión, zona de bajas presiones madalrõhuala ناحیه کم فشار matalapaineen alue dépression שֶקַע कमदबाव का क्षेत्र dolina niskog tlaka (légnyomási) teknő udara bertekanan rendah lágþrÿstisvæði, lægð depressione 気圧の谷 기압골 žemo slėgio zona zema spiediena josla lekukan tekanan trog lavtrykksbelte front atmosferyczny depressão depresiune область низкого давления brázda nízkeho tlaku področje nizkega zračnega pritiska područje niskog pritiska lågtrycksområde พื้นที่ที่มีความกดอากาศต่ำในชั้นบรรยากาศซึ่งโดยปกติแล้วจะก่อให้เกิดฝนตก alçak basınç alanı (氣象中的)低壓槽 область низького тиску ہلکے دباؤ کا علاقہ vùng áp suất thấp （气象中的）低压槽

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trough → جُرن koryto trug Trog σκάφη abrevadero kaukalo abreuvoir korito trogolo かいば桶 여물통 trog trau koryto bebedouro корыто tråg รางอาหารหรือน้ำสำหรับสัตว์ yalak máng ăn 槽