trough
noun
[ trɒf ]
• a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of.
• "a water trough"
• a channel used to convey a liquid.
Similar:
channel,
conduit,
trench,
ditch,
gully,
drain,
culvert,
cut,
flume,
gutter,
furrow,
groove,
depression,
• an elongated region of low barometric pressure.
• a point of low activity or achievement.
• "seasonal peaks and troughs in the demand for goods and services"
trough
verb
• eat greedily.
Origin:
Old English trog, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch trog and German Trog, also to tree.
