Synonyms:
trough
Meaning: a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
Synonyms:
gutter, trough
Meaning: a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
Usage examples
There should always be a trough to catch the juices of the meat when broiled.
A bed of straw and old rags was made for me in a big trough called the tan trough (a trough having been used for tanning purposes).
The bars of the gridiron should be concave, and terminate in a trough, to catch the juices, or they will drop in the fire and smoke the meat.
This has been determined by borings at different points to ascertain the depth of the drift that was lodged during the glacial period in the trough of the Ohio River.
To the east, some fifty feet away, stood a tub, obscured by pussy willows, and brimming with cool water furnished by a cedar trough which reached from the bubbling spring.
The one with the trough pursued him and followed him everywhere he went, endeavouring with the utmost persistence to thrust it under his chin, while another kitchen-boy seemed anxious to wash his beard.
At the end of this period, however, the gale had freshened into a hurricane, and our after--sail split into ribbons, bringing us so much in the trough of the water that we shipped several prodigious seas, one immediately after the other.