n.

1. A wooden board or platter on which food is carved or served.
2. Archaic. The pleasure of the table; food.

[Middle English trenchur, from Anglo-Norman trenchour, from trencher, to cut, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *trincāre. See trench.]

trench·er² (trĕn'chər)
n.

One that digs trenches.

Medieval English; thick slices of (normally stale) bread, partly hollowed out and used as a plate, commonly given to the poor after the meal. Later replaced by a wooden trencher.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: someone who digs trenches

Meaning #2: a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - smørebræt, skærebræt

2.
n. - rendegraver

Nederlands (Dutch)
snijplank, sleuvengraver

Français (French)
1.
n. - tranchoir

2.
n. - excavateur, terrassier

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Schneidebrett

2.
n. - Schanzarbeiter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιστ.) κρεατοσανίδα

Italiano (Italian)
tagliere, tagliente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tábua de cortar pão

Русский (Russian)
доска, на которой режут мясо, хлеб, (сокр.) головной убор с квадратным верхом, едок

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - plato trinchero, tabla para rebanar carne asada

2.
n. - persona que abre zanjas o trincheras, que cava zanjas, máquina usada para cavar trincheras

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dikesgrävare, skyttegravsgrävare

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
1. 木板, 盘中食物, 盛食物的木盘

2. 挖壕沟的人, 掘沟的人

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 挖壕溝的人, 掘溝的人

2.
n. - 木板, 盤中食物, 盛食物的木盤

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 나무 쟁반, 음식, 식사

2.
n. - 도랑 파는 기계, 참호병

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大きな木皿, 木皿の, 食事の, 塹壕兵, 壕を掘る人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حافر ألخنادق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגש-אוכל מעץ או מחרס‬
n. - ‮מכונה או מיתקן המשמשים בחפירת חפירות, חפר (בצבא)‬

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