A channel used to convey a liquid
“Water would descend through bronze clouds onto the figure of a drum-beating and dancing wizard and then drain into the trough below.”
A gutter carrying rainwater from a roof
“The skin behind his ears still chill from the cold water he'd splashed on his face at the roof trough.”
A long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of
“The statue, with outspread wings and hands raised benevolently, was on a trough where horses drank before pulling their heavy loads up the hill.”
A long pipe or shaft
“A wiring trough is provided in each cabinet to house the interconnecting wiring.”
(meteorology) A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front
“When this occurs over the tropics in concert with the Intertropical Convergence Zone, it is known as a monsoon trough.”
A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it
A period of hardship or adversity
A sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something
A period of temporary decline, especially economically
A time of great(est) failure, sadness or depression
A brief downward slope followed by an upward one
The time period in a cycle during which the cycle is low
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