- a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink fromTopics Farmingc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- drinking
- feeding
- watering
- …
- (specialist) a long narrow region of low air pressure between two regions of higher pressure compare ridgeOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- deep
- shallow
- reach
- the peaks and troughs
- a period of time when the level of something is low, especially a time when a business or the economy is not growing
- There have been peaks and troughs in the long-term trend of unemployment.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc2- The economy is unlikely to reach its trough until the turn of the year.
- The stock market fell by 48% from peak to trough.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- reach
- the peaks and troughs
- a low area between two waves in the sea, or two hillsOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- deep
- shallow
- reach
- the peaks and troughs
Word OriginOld English trog, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch trog and German Trog, also to tree.
Idioms
See trough in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee trough in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishget/have your nose/snout in the trough
- (British English, informal, disapproving) if you say that people have their noses in the trough, you mean that they are trying to get a lot of money for themselves
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