trenches

NOUN

ditch, channel dug in earth

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dike foxhole gorge gully moat pit trough waterway

STRONG

arroyo canal cut depression drain drill dugout earthwork entrenchment excavation fosse furrow gulch gutter hollow main rut sink tube

Example Sentences

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A massive billboard on display in northern Tehran shows Khamenei in his clerical robes standing in trenches, pointing at missiles being fired in the distance and surrounded by officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

From The Wall Street Journal

Meanwhile, he and others relegated Huerta to sidekick status, both in the trenches and in the public — and the image makers followed his lead.

From Los Angeles Times

I was on potato detail, one of a crew hauling baskets of potatoes to long trenches to be covered with dirt against the freezing weather ahead.

From Literature

But really he was referring to the lines of soldiers, the trenches tracing along the front.

From Literature

Betts Recruiting’s Kellenberger said it would take time and a gradual shift in perception for more engineers to consider throwing themselves out into the trenches.

From The Wall Street Journal