trench
[noun]
Synonyms: ditch, channel, drain, excavation, furrow, gutter, trough

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Related Words: gully, drill, furrow, fosse, trough, drain, sink

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

trench /trentʃ/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: trenche 'act of cutting', from trenchier 'to cut', probably from Latin truncare; ⇒ truncate]

1. a long narrow hole dug into the surface of the ground:
Workers dug a trench for gas lines.

2. technical a long narrow valley in the ground beneath the sea

3. [usually plural] a deep trench dug in the ground as a protection for soldiers:
the trenches of World War I

4. the trenches the place or situation where most of the work or action in an activity takes place:
Lane left teaching after 30 years in the trenches.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

trench
noun
ADJ. deep, narrow, shallow | muddy | defensive | enemy | communication, front-line
VERB + TRENCH dig
TRENCH + NOUN warfare
PREP. in the ~ life in the trenches in the First World War

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