trough

n.

1. 1. A long, narrow, generally shallow receptacle for holding water or feed for animals.
   2. Any of various similar containers for domestic or industrial use, such as kneading or washing.
2. A gutter under the eaves of a roof.
3. A long, narrow depression, as between waves or ridges.
4. A low point in a business cycle or on a statistical graph.
5. Meteorology. An elongated region of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with a front.
6. Physics. A minimum point in a wave or an alternating signal.

[Middle English, from Old English trog.]

The stage of the economy's business cycle that marks the end of a period of declining business activity and the transition to expansion.

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Bottom of a Recession or depression; point at which recovery begins.

[trôf]

n. a hollow between two wave crests in the sea.

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A channel used to carry electric conductors.

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1. standard equipment for feeding and watering animals.
2. an M-shaped false top to be placed on a surgical table. A small patient laid in it is propped up in the groove. Made of sterilizable material. Useful also in radiology if made of radiolucent materials.

A term that usually refers to the stone cattle or horse troughs used, primarily by the English, to grow alpine plants. These, along with stone sinks, became so popular that authentic ones are virtually unobtainable, but they can be simulated by concrete or lightweight hypertufa substitutes.

IN BRIEF: A long narrow shallow receptacle.

The horses drank from the water trough outside of the stable.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - trug, kar, rende, bølgedal

Nederlands (Dutch)
trog, goot, golfdal, laagte-/ diepte(punt)

Français (French)
n. - abreuvoir, auge, chenal, creux, (Écon) creux, (Météo) dépression

Deutsch (German)
n. - Trog, Wellental, Talsohle, Rinne

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - γούρνα, σκάφη, ταγίστρα/ποτίστρα ζώων, σκάφη ζυμώματος, τάφρος, (μετεωρ.) ζώνη χαμηλού βαρομετρικού, σφήνα υφέσεως, (οικον.) το χαμηλότερο σημείο κύκλου οικονομικής δραστηριότητας

Italiano (Italian)
mangiatoia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tina (f), masseira (f)

Русский (Russian)
корыто

Español (Spanish)
n. - abrevadero, pesebre

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tråg, ho, kar, fördjupning, sänka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
槽, 饲料槽, 水槽

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 槽, 飼料槽, 水槽

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 여물통, 홈통, 물통

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - かいば桶, かいば桶型の槽, 樋, 溝, 舟状海盆, 気圧の谷, 雨樋

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مجرى, وعاء, حوض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮איבוס, שוקת, משארת, עריבה, תעלה, מרזב, שקע, אוכף‬

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Trough Planter	Trough Sink Faucet