TROUGHS Synonyms

• a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids

• the quantity that a basin will hold

• a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it

• the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

• a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face

• a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall

• a small wooded hollow

• a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity

• a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment

• a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

• a sunken or depressed geological formation

• sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

• an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation

• a state of depression and anhedonia so severe as to require clinical intervention

• a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

• angular distance below the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

• pushing down

• a small wooded hollow

• a long narrow excavation in the earth

• any small natural waterway

• forsake

• throw away

• sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly

• make an emergency landing on water

• crash or crash-land

• cut a trench in, as for drainage

• a narrow gorge with a stream running through it

• watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs

• a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow)

• a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

• hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

• make wrinkled or creased

• cut a furrow into a columns

• a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)

• a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape

• (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part

• make a groove in, or provide with a groove

• hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

• deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)

• not solid; having a space or gap or cavity

• a cavity or space in something

• a small valley between mountains

• a depression hollowed out of solid matter

• as if echoing in a hollow space

• devoid of significance or force

• lacking in substance or character

• remove the inner part or the core of

• remove the interior of

• a sizeable hole (usually in the ground)

• a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

• the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

• (Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment

• an enclosure in which animals are made to fight

• (commodity exchange) the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on

• (auto racing) an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled

• a trap in the form of a concealed hole

• a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

• lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

• a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it

• set into opposition or rivalry

• mark with a scar

• remove the pits from

• a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)

• a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

• a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed

• a round vessel that is open at the top; used chiefly for holding grains or liquids

• a concave shape with an open top

• a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods

• the quantity contained in a bowl

• a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

• a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling

• a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling

• a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco

• the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)

• roll (a ball)

• hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch towards the batsman at the other end

• engage in the sport of bowling

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

• misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

• a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)

• a tool for gutting fish

• burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker

• flow in small streams

• wear or cut gutters into

• provide with gutters

• unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together

• a treasury for government funds

• a strongbox for holding cash

• work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation

• a treasury for government funds