trough

Other forms of trough

plural

troughs·

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 trough

What does trough mean?

trough means "a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trough?

trough has 1 syllable: trough. In IPA it is /ˈtɹɔf/.

What is another word for trough?

Close synonyms include gutter, bowl, public treasury, till, manger. 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 trough a common word?

trough 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.