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The Meaning of trough

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Any channel, receptacle, or depression, of a long and narrow shape; as, trough between two ridges, etc.

Synonyms

gutter , bowl , public treasury , till , manger

Rhymes

asaf , bake-off , baraff , beloff , blastoff , boff , castoff , checkoff , christophe , cough , croff , cutoff , doff , drop-off , falloff , goff , gorbachev , gough , groff , haaf , hauf , hauff , hof , hoff , joffe , khrushchev , kickoff , knauf , knockoff , knopf , koff , lauf , layoff , leadoff , markoff , mcgoff , mof , molotov , off , payoff , pilaf , playoff , poff , quaff , ribicoff , rockoff , roff , roffe , romanoff , romanov , rudolf , runoff , saratov , schaaf , schoff , schroff , scoff , selloff , shernoff , shicoff , shroff , skoff , standoff , stauff , stoff , stroganoff , taaffe , takeoff , tradeoff , turnoff