trough
/trɔf/
noun
- A long, narrow, open container for holding water or food for animals.
- The farmer filled the trough with hay for the horses.
- Pigs were eating from a long metal trough in the pen.
- We set out a shallow trough of water for the stray cats.
- A long, narrow, shallow channel or depression, such as between waves or ridges.
- Rainwater collected in the troughs of the corrugated roof.
- The boat sank into the trough between two huge waves.
- The valley formed a natural trough between the mountains.
- A low point in a cycle or pattern, especially in economics or weather.
- Sales hit a trough in January but recovered by spring.
- A trough of low pressure is moving across the region, bringing rain.
- The economy is finally coming out of a deep trough.