Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "trough" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Gunn-Peterson trough LB trough Langmuir-Blodgett trough Sylhet Trough book trough glacial trough kneading trough pneumatic trough slake trough trough lake trough lolly trough shell trough valley trough-shell trougher water trough wine trough

Etymologically Related To

tree

Context

agriculture australia canada new zealand

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

channel concave shape concavity container depression exchequer incurvation incurvature natural depression receptacle treasury

Type Of (IsA)

depression fluid reservoir long thin object natural depression natural thing receptacle tangible thing

Related Terms

crib ditch trench

Related Terms

canal clothing crib ditch eaves eaves trough feeding gravity gutter irrigation long milk narrow trench watering wave

Synonym Network

bowl gutter manger public treasury

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.