troughnoun [ C ]
uk/trɒf/us/trɑːf/trough noun [ C ] (CONTAINER)
a long, narrow container without a lid that usually holds water or food for farm animals:
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Animal food
- alfalfa
- bird feeder
- birdseed
- buckwheat
- cattle cake
- feed
- feeder
- fodder
- forage
- hay
- maize
- manger
- pasture
- rye
- salt lick
- silage
- straw
- swill
- water
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trough noun [ C ] (LOW POINT)
a low point in a regular series of high and low points:
specialized environment (in the study of weather patterns) a long area of low air pressure between two areas of high air pressure:
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Higher and lower points of achievement
- apex
- apogee
- capstone
- climax
- consummation
- glory days
- height
- heyday
- high point
- high water mark
- Indian summer
- nadir
- peak
- pinnacle
- plumb
- rock bottom
- the acme
- vertex
- zenith
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Idiom(s)
troughverb
uk/trɒf/us/trɑːf/informaltrough verb (EAT)
[ T ] UK to eat something quickly and eagerly, especially in large amounts:
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Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- gorge
- pig out
- put sth away
- scarf
- scoff
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- stoke
- swallow
- tuck
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trough verb (LOW LEVEL)
[ I ] to reach a low level, price, etc. before going up again:
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Becoming and making smaller or less
- a nip (here) and a tuck (there) idiom
- attenuate
- axe
- bite
- bite into sth
- dive
- drain
- let sth down
- let up
- lower
- make a hole in sth idiom
- miniaturization
- minimize
- shrink
- slash
- step sth down
- strip sth away
- stripped down
- subside
- tail off
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someone who eats a lot of food very quickly