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Trough   /trɔf/   Listen
Trough

noun
1.
A narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed).
2.
A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater.  Synonym: gutter.
3.
A concave shape with an open top.  Synonym: bowl.
4.
A treasury for government funds.  Synonyms: public treasury, till.
5.
A long narrow shallow receptacle.
6.
A container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed.  Synonym: manger.



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"Trough" Quotes from Famous Books



... so called from its imitation of richly veined colored marble, is staining paper or book edges with variegated colors. The process of marbling is highly curious, both chemically and aesthetically, and may be briefly described. A large shallow trough or vat is filled with prepared gum water (gum-tragacanth being used); on the surface of this gum-water bright colors, mixed with a little ox-gall, to be used in producing the composite effect aimed at in the marbling are thrown or sprinkled in liquid ...
— A Book for All Readers • Ainsworth Rand Spofford
... camped right here wi' my wife—ninth one, ef I 'member correct—jes' fresh married to 'r; sort o' honey-moon. 'Twus warm an' sunshiny an' nice. She wus a poorty squaw, mighty poorty, an' I wus as happy as a tomtit on a sugar-trough. We b'iled sap yander on them nobs under the maples. It wus glor'us. Had some several wives 'fore an' lots of 'm sence; but she wus sweetes' of 'm all. Strange how a feller 'members sich things an' feels ...
— Alice of Old Vincennes • Maurice Thompson
... Now they stop at the wayside inn, and the wagoner laughs with the landlord's daughter, While out of the dripping trough the horses distend ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
... new water-trough needed on the town common, and the ladies of the place thought it ought to be something handsome,—something more than a common trough,—and they ought to work ...
— The Peterkin Papers • Lucretia P Hale
... men were so frightened that they fell flat on their stomachs. The barber shinnied up his pole, and hung on for dear life to the top. The baker-man tumbled into the watering-trough, and all the rest rushed higgledy-piggledy into the houses ...
— Seven O'Clock Stories • Robert Gordon Anderson


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