Showing results for troughs. Search instead for toughs.

troughs

NOUN

gutter, depression

Synonyms

STRONGEST

trench

STRONG

canal channel crib cup dike dip ditch duct flume furrow gully hollow manger moat watercourse

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“Convoluted Line A” and “Convoluted Line B” are metal troughs set into a raised concrete platform, their winding forms charting a course that visitors must circumvent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“The tips of the waves are called ridges and the bottoms of the waves are called troughs, and so the atmosphere flows just like water.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Some rest over deep troughs or underwater mountains, while others lie across broad, flat plains.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026

Yeti also carved out a durable double bottom just below the $30 level, matching the troughs from April and May.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

Emma shone her flame around as we walked among the troughs, trying to guess which might hold more than just the corpses of fish—but they all looked the same, just lidless coffins of ice.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs