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===Pronunciation===

{{rfap|en|variety=Canada|Canada}}

* {{rhymes|en|ɒf|s=1}}

 

# Any similarly shaped container.

#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1961|month=November|title=Talking of Trains: The North Eastern's new rail-mounted piling unit|journal=Trains Illustrated|page=646|text=Now, covered concrete '''troughs''' to house the cables are laid parallel with the railway lines, cheapening maintenance because of improved accessibility for inspection and repair.}}

## {{lb|en|Australia|New Zealand}} A rectangular container used for washing or rinsing [[clothing|clothes]].

##: ''Ernest threw his paint brushes into a kind of '''trough''' he had fashioned from sheet metal that he kept in the sink.''

# A short, narrow [[canal]] designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.

#: ''There was a small '''trough''' that the sump pump emptied into; it was filled with mosquito larvae.''

# {{lb|en|Canada}} A [[gutter]] under the [[eaves]] of a building; an [[eaves trough]].

#: ''The '''troughs''' were filled with leaves and needed clearing.''

#: ''The neurologist pointed to a troubling '''trough''' in the pattern of his brain-waves.''

<!--## The valley between waves on the ocean.-->

# {{lb|en|meteorology}} A [[linear]] [[atmospheric]] [[depression]] associated with a weather front.

 

 

====Derived terms====

 

====Translations====

{{trans-top|a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals}}

* Arabic: {{t|ar|فِنْطَاس|m}}

* Armenian: {{t+|hy|տաշտ|sc=Armn}}, {{t|hy|կերակրատաշտ|sc=Armn}}, {{t+|hy|գուռ}} {{qualifier|dialectal}}

* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|piini'}}

* Chinese:

* Chuvash: {{t|cv|такана|sc=Cyrl}}

* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|oluq}}

*: Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|Barme|m}}

* Greek:

* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|vályú}}

* Irish: {{t|ga|trach|m}}

* Italian: {{t+|it|trogolo}}, {{t+|it|abbeveratoio|m}}

* Japanese: {{t|ja|かいばおけ|tr=kaibaoke|sc=Jpan}}

* Korean: {{t|ko|구유}}

* Latvian: {{t+|lv|sile|f}}

* Maori: {{t+|mi|waka}}, {{t|mi|hake}}

* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|тэвш}}

* Old English: {{t|ang|trog|m}}

* Oromo: {{t|om|bidiruu}}

* Polish: {{t+|pl|koryto|n}}, {{t+|pl|żłób|m}}

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cocheira|f}}, {{t|pt|comedouro|m}}, {{t+|pt|cocho|m}}

* Russian: {{t+|ru|коры́то|n}}, {{t+|ru|лоха́нь|f}}, {{t+|ru|корму́шка|f}} {{qualifier|feeding trough}}

* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|amar|m}}

* Slovene: {{t+|sl|korito|n}}

* Sorbian:

* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אבוס|tr=evús}}

* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|teknő}}

* Italian: {{t+|it|madia|f}}, {{t+|it|tinozza|f}}, {{t+|it|mastello|m}}

* Latin: {{t|la|linter|f}}

* Norwegian: {{t+|no|kar}}, {{t|no|trau}}

* Polish: {{t+|pl|koryto|n}}, {{t+|pl|żłób|m}}

* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|amar|m}}

* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|korito|n}}

* Sorbian:

*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|kóryto|n}}

* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tråg}}

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* Polish: {{t+|pl|rów|m}}

* Russian: {{t+|ru|кана́ва|f}}, {{t+|ru|жёлоб|m}}

* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ränna|c}}

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* Galician: {{t|gl|canlón|m}}

* German: {{t+|de|Dachrinne|f}}

* Italian: {{t+|it|grondaia|f}}, {{t+|it|gronda|f}}

* Latvian: {{t|lv|rene|f}}, {{t|lv|tekne|f}}, {{t|lv|notekrene}}

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|calha|f}}

* Russian: {{t+|ru|жёлоб|m}}

* Spanish: {{t+|es|canaleta|f}}

* Swedish: {{t+|sv|takränna|c}}

* Finnish: {{t+|fi|aallonpohja}}, {{t+|fi|pohja}}

* French: {{t+|fr|creux|m}}

* German: {{t+|de|Wellental}}

* Italian: {{t+|it|avvallamento|m}}, {{t+|it|fossa|f}}

* Latvian: {{t|lv|dziļvaga|f}} {{qualifier|ocean floor}}, {{t|lv|ieplaka|f}}

* Maori: {{t|mi|ngao}}, {{t|mi|awaawa}}

* Norwegian: {{t|no|bølgedal}}

* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vale|m}}

* Russian: {{t+|ru|впа́дина|f}}, {{t+|ru|котлови́на|f}}

* Slovak: {{t+|sk|dolina|f}}, {{t|sk|údolie|n}}, {{t|sk|úval|m}}, {{t|sk|úžľabina|f}}

* Spanish: {{t+|es|valle|m}}

* Tagalog: {{t|tl|lambak}}

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* Catalan: {{t|ca|tàlveg|m}}

* Chinese:

* Danish: {{t|da|lavtryksudløber}}, {{t|da|trug}}

* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[matalapaine|matalapaineen]] [[alue]]}}

* French: {{t+|fr|thalweg|m}}

* Italian: {{t|it|superficie di attraversamento|f}}

* Norwegian: {{t|no|lavtrykksrenne}}

 

# To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough.

 

====References====

===Anagrams===

* {{anagrams|en|a=ghortu|Rought|rought}}

 

==Middle English==