
trench



trench /trentʃ/ noun [countable]
معبر، گود ساختمان، حفر کردن، سنگر کندن، چال، جان پناه، گودال، سنگر، استحکامات خندقی، شیار طولانی، کندن، خندق زدن، مهندسی: شیار لوله قرارگیری کابل، عمران: چاله و ترانشه، معماری: برش، نظامی: سنگر رابط
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Synonyms & Related Wordstrench[noun]Synonyms: ditch, channel, drain, excavation, furrow, gutter, trough
Related Words: gully,
drill,
furrow,
fosse,
trough,
drain,
sink [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionarytrench /trentʃ/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: trenche 'act of cutting', from trenchier 'to cut', probably from Latin truncare; ⇒ truncate]
1. a long narrow hole dug into the surface of the ground:
Workers dug a trench for gas lines.2. technical a long narrow valley in the ground beneath the sea
3. [usually plural] a deep trench dug in the ground as a protection for soldiers:
the trenches of World War I4. the trenches the place or situation where most of the work or action in an activity takes place:
Lane left teaching after 30 years in the trenches. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationstrench noun ADJ. deep, narrow, shallow | muddy | defensive | enemy | communication, front-line VERB + TRENCH dig TRENCH + NOUN warfare PREP. in the ~ life in the trenches in the First World War [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲