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Troughs
A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
📖 Definitions of "Troughs"
noun
- 1
A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
"One of Hank's chores was to slop the pigs' trough each morning and evening."
- 2
Any similarly shaped container.
- 3
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."
- 4
A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.
"The troughs were filled with leaves and needed clearing."
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