trough
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
Types & categories
- natural depression hypernym
- swale hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- gable roof part holonym
Related & opposite
- gutter derivation
Sense 3 noun
a concave shape with an open top
Types & categories
- incurvation hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a treasury for government funds
Types & categories
- treasury hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a long narrow shallow receptacle
Types & categories
- receptacle hypernym
- cradle hyponym
Sense 6 noun
a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
Types & categories
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural depression |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swale |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gutter |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | gable roof |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | channel |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | slideway |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cullis |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | incurvation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | treasury |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | receptacle |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cradle |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | container |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | bunk |