trench

1. 1.

   a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

   Broaderditch

   Narrowerapproach trenchfire trenchmoatslit trench

   Part ofentrenchment
2. 2.

   a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

   Synonymsdeepoceanic abyss

   Broadernatural depression

   NarrowerAtacama TrenchBougainville TrenchJapan TrenchNares Deep
3. 3.

   any long ditch cut in the ground

   Broaderditch

   Narrowerfurrow

Other forms of trench

plural

trenches·

past tense

trenched·

present participle

trenching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about trench

What does trench mean?

trench means "impinge or infringe upon". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trench?

trench has 1 syllable: trench. In IPA it is /ˈtɹɛntʃ/.

What is another word for trench?

Close synonyms include impinge, encroach, entrench, ditch, deep. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trench a common word?

trench is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with trench?

2 words rhyme with trench. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.