English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “trough”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for trough is trough, with 0 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
trough
1 segments0 break points
British English pattern result trough The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordtrough
Hyphenationtrough
Break points0
Part of speechnoun · verb
Pronunciationtrɒf
Meaning & usage

What does “trough” mean?

trough: a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of.

Headwordtrough
Part of speechnoun · verb
Pronunciationtrɒf
1
noun

a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of.

Example: “a water trough”

Synonyms:
crib feeder manger feed box feeding container fodder rack
2
noun

a channel used to convey a liquid.

3
noun

an elongated region of low barometric pressure.

4
noun

a point of low activity or achievement.

Example: “seasonal peaks and troughs in the demand for goods and services”

1 more definition
5
verb

eat greedily.

Word breaks

How “trough” is split

trough

For US English, the hyphenation result is trough. This gives 0 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “trough”

How do you hyphenate “trough”?

In the US-English result used here, trough is hyphenated as trough.

Where can “trough” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 0 possible break points.

What does “trough” mean?

a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of.

Can you use “trough” in a sentence?

“a water trough”

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