Trench

//tɹɛnt͡ʃ//

Synonyms for "trench" (273 found)

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Noun(2 words)
deepdyke
Verb(3 words)
ditchencroachentrench

Related words (136)

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Verb(1 words)
impinge
Noun(1 words)
oceanic abyss

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18 entries

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8 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

2 entries

derived

31 entries

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has context

3 entries

is a

2 entries

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5 entries

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1 entries

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19 entries

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Translations

194 translations across 78 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • loopgraaf noun (military excavation)

Albanian

2 entries
  • hendek noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • hendek noun (military excavation)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • τάφρος noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • ὄρυγμα noun (military excavation)

Arabic

3 entries
  • أُخْدُود noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • خَنْدَق noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • خَنْدَق noun (military excavation)

Armenian

3 entries
  • խանդակ noun (military excavation)
  • խրամ noun (military excavation)
  • խրամատ noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • xəndək noun (military excavation)

Basque

1 entries
  • lubaki noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ако́п noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • ако́п noun (military excavation)
  • кана́ва noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • роў noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • и́зкоп noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • кана́вка noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • око́п noun (military excavation)
  • транше́я noun (military excavation)

Catalan

1 entries
  • trinxera noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 壕溝 /壕沟 noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • 壕溝 /壕沟 noun (military excavation)
  • 戰壕 /战壕 noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Czech

4 entries
  • brázda noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • příkop noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • rýha noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • výkop noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Danish

2 entries
  • grøft noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • skyttegrav noun (military excavation)

Dutch

4 entries
  • geul noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • greppel noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • loopgraaf noun (military excavation)
  • sloot noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • fosaĵo noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • tranĉeo noun (military excavation)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kaevik noun (military excavation)
  • kraav noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Finnish

3 entries
  • ampumahauta noun (military excavation)
  • juoksuhauta noun (military excavation)
  • oja noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

French

3 entries
  • fossé noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • tranchée noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • tranchée noun (military excavation)

Galician

4 entries
  • foxo noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • gabia noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • trincheira noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • trincheira noun (military excavation)

Georgian

4 entries
  • თხრილი noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • სანგარი noun (military excavation)
  • ტრანშეა noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • ტრანშეა noun (military excavation)

German

3 entries
  • Graben noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • Graben noun (military excavation)
  • Schützengraben noun (military excavation)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌰 noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Greek

2 entries
  • χαράκωμα noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • όρυγμα noun (military excavation)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • תְּעָלָה noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Hindi

2 entries
  • खाई noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • खाई noun (military excavation)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • lövészárok noun (military excavation)
  • árok noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skotgröf noun (military excavation)

Ido

1 entries
  • trancheo noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • palung noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • kanava noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Irish

1 entries
  • díog noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Italian

4 entries
  • buca noun (military excavation)
  • fossato noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • fossato noun (military excavation)
  • fosso noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Japanese

3 entries
  • トレンチ noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • 塹壕 noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • 溝 noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • жертаса noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • жертаса noun (military excavation)
  • ор noun (military excavation)
  • траншея noun (military excavation)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ប្រឡាយ noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • mũkaro noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Korean

2 entries
  • 참호 noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • 트렌치 noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • окоп noun (military excavation)
  • траншея noun (military excavation)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຄູ noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • ຮ່ອງ noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Latin

2 entries
  • fossa noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • scrobis noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Latvian

2 entries
  • ierakums noun (military excavation)
  • tranšeja noun (military excavation)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • apkasas noun (military excavation)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • ров noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • ров noun (military excavation)
  • транше́ја noun (military excavation)

Malay

2 entries
  • jurang noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • parit noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Marathi

1 entries
  • खंदक noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Middle English

1 entries
  • trenche noun (military excavation)

Māori

2 entries
  • awarua noun (military excavation)
  • kōruarua noun (military excavation)

Norman

1 entries
  • tranchie noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • siper noun (military excavation)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • grøft noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • skyttergrav noun (military excavation)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • skyttargrav noun (military excavation)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • آرق noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • خندق noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • خندق noun (military excavation)

Pashto

1 entries
  • سنګر noun (military excavation)

Persian

4 entries
  • ترانشه noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • ترانشه noun (military excavation)
  • خندق noun (military excavation)
  • سنگر noun (military excavation)

Polish

4 entries
  • okop noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • okop noun (military excavation)
  • rów noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • rów noun (military excavation)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • fosso noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • trincheira noun (military excavation)

Romanian

3 entries
  • fosă noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • tranșee noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • tranșee noun (military excavation)

Russian

4 entries
  • кана́ва noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • око́п noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • око́п noun (military excavation)
  • ров noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • clais noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • trainnse noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • járak noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • rȍv noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • tranšéja noun (military excavation)
  • òpkop noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Slovak

4 entries
  • priekopa noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • výkop noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • zákop noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • zákop noun (military excavation)

Slovene

3 entries
  • jarek noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • jarek noun (military excavation)
  • rov noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Spanish

2 entries
  • trinchera noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • trinchera noun (military excavation)

Swahili

2 entries
  • handaki noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • mtaro noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Swedish

4 entries
  • dike noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • fåra noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • ränna noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • skyttegrav noun (military excavation)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • trintsera noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • trintsera noun (military excavation)

Tajik

2 entries
  • хандақ noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • хандақ noun (military excavation)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కందకము noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Thai

3 entries
  • คู noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • คู noun (military excavation)
  • ร่อง noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ས་ཤུར noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Turkish

2 entries
  • hendek noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • siper noun (military excavation)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • кана́ва noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • око́п noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)
  • око́п noun (military excavation)
  • окі́п noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Urdu

1 entries
  • خَنْدَق noun (military excavation)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئاكوپ noun (military excavation)
  • خەندەك noun (military excavation)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • okop noun (military excavation)
  • transheya noun (military excavation)
  • xandaq noun (military excavation)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • chiến hào noun (military excavation)
  • hào noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ffos noun (long, narrow ditch or hole)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אַקאָפּע noun (military excavation)

Sample sentences

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After we finish digging the trench, planting the flowers will be easy.

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Trench warfare characterized the 1914-1918 War.

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Both Tom and Mary were wearing trench coats.

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Tom always wears sunglasses and a trench coat.

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