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Word entry · 6 letters

trough

Best crossword clue

"Feeding channel"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /tɹɒf/Part of speech nounSorted ghortuStarts with TEnds with H2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

Word origin

From Middle English trogh, from Old English troh, trog (“a trough, tub, basin, vessel for containing liquids or other materials”), from Proto-West Germanic *trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *drukós, enlargement of *dóru (“tree”).

Used in a sentence

  • One of Harriet's chores was to slop the pigs' trough each morning and evening.
  • 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.
  • It just clips on the front of the stage without any special trough, has no great power and occupies only one dimmer, […]

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Feeding channel6 letters
02Animal feeding container6 letters

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