Trench - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|trentʃ|
Brit.
|tren(t)ʃ|
noun
- a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor (syn: deep)
- any long ditch cut in the ground
- a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor (syn: deep)
- any long ditch cut in the ground
verb
- impinge or infringe upon (syn: encroach, entrench, impinge)
This matter entrenches on other domains
- fortify by surrounding with trenchesHe trenched his military camp
- cut or carve deeply intoletters trenched into the stone
- set, plant, or bury in a trenchtrench the fallen soldiers
trench the vegetables
- cut a trench in, as for drainage (syn: ditch)trench the vegetables
trench the fields
- dig a trench or trenchesThe National Guardsmen were sent out to trench
Extra examples
...dug a trench and filled it with water in an attempt to keep the forest fire off her property...
Workers dug a trench for gas lines.
This matter entrenches on other domains
He trenched his military camp
The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench
They delivered a truckload of fill for the trench.
The next instant a dark object swooshed and fell in the bottom of the trench.
Word forms
noun
singular: trench
plural: trenches
singular: trench
plural: trenches
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