trough
English Thesaurus
1. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | channel, |
| definition | : | a passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cullis, |
| definition | : | a gutter in a roof (noun.artifact) |
2. a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | container, |
| definition | : | any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | bunk, feed bunk, |
| definition | : | a long trough for feeding cattle (noun.artifact) |
3. a long narrow shallow receptacle (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | receptacle, |
| definition | : | a container that is used to put or keep things in (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | cradle, rocker, |
| definition | : | a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold (noun.artifact) |
4. a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed) (noun.object)
| hyponym | : | swale, |
| definition | : | a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges) (noun.object) |
5. a treasury for government funds (noun.possession)
| hypernym | : | exchequer, treasury, |
| definition | : | the funds of a government or institution or individual (noun.possession) |
6. a concave shape with an open top (noun.shape)
7. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | gutter, |
| definition | : | provide with gutters (verb.consumption) |
| derivation | : | gutter, |
| definition | : | provide with gutters (verb.consumption) |
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