TRENCH: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TRENCH?

Need another word that means the same as “trench”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “trench” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Trench” are: deep, oceanic abyss, ditch, channel, trough, excavation, pit, furrow, rut, conduit, cut, drain, waterway, watercourse, encroach, entrench, impinge, dig a ditch in, provide with ditches, excavate

Trench as a Noun

Definitions of "Trench" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “trench” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The battlefields of northern France and Belgium in the First World War.
• Any long ditch cut in the ground.
• A long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor.
• A connected system of long, narrow ditches forming an army's line.
• A long, narrow ditch dug by troops to provide a place of shelter from enemy fire.
• A trench coat.
• A ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth.
• A long, narrow ditch.
• A long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean bed, typically one running parallel to a plate boundary and marking a subduction zone.

Synonyms of "Trench" as a noun (14 Words)

channel	A service or station using a channel of frequencies. Buoys marked the safe limits of the channel.
conduit	A tube or trough for protecting electric wiring. As an actor you have to be a conduit for other people s words.
cut	A haircut. He could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife.
deep	A deep part of the sea. In the deep of night.
ditch	Any small natural waterway. Their car went out of control and plunged into a ditch.
drain	A pipe through which liquid is carried away. A drain of young talent by emigration.
excavation	The action of excavating something, especially an archaeological site. There s an interesting excavation going on near Princeton.
furrow	A line or wrinkle on a person’s face. Regular furrows in a ploughed field.
oceanic abyss	A bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively.
pit	An orchestra pit. A demon from the depths of the pit.
rut	A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels. They fell into a conversational rut.
trough	A narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed. A water trough.
watercourse	The bed along which a watercourse flows. A dry watercourse.
waterway	A conduit through which water flows. The canal was a very successful commercial waterway.

Usage Examples of "Trench" as a noun

• Dig a trench around the perimeter of the fire.
• The Marianas Trench.
• The slaughter in the trenches created a new cynicism.

Trench as a Verb

Definitions of "Trench" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “trench” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Cut a trench in, as for drainage.
• Cut or carve deeply into.
• Impinge or infringe upon.
• Set, plant, or bury in a trench.
• Dig a trench or trenches.
• Fortify by surrounding with trenches.
• Turn over the earth of (a field or garden) by digging a succession of adjoining ditches.
• Dig a trench or trenches in (the ground.
• Border closely on; encroach on.

Synonyms of "Trench" as a verb (8 Words)

dig a ditch in	Get the meaning of something.
ditch	Make or repair ditches. Maybe she could ditch school and run away.
drain	Empty of liquid drain the liquid from. Dishes left to drain.
encroach	Intrude on (a person’s territory, rights, personal life, etc. Rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room.
entrench	Encroach or trespass on. Concessions which entrenched so deeply on the honour and dignity of the Crown.
excavate	Recover through digging. Clothing and weapons were excavated from the burial site.
impinge	Impinge or infringe upon. This impinges on my rights as an individual.
provide with ditches	Give something useful or necessary to.

Usage Examples of "Trench" as a verb

• The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench.
• Trench the fields.
• He trenched his military camp.
• This matter entrenches on other domains.
• Trench the vegetables.
• This would surely trench very far on the dignity and liberty of citizens.
• Letters trenched into the stone.
• She trenched the terrace to a depth of 6 feet.
• Trench the fallen soldiers.

Associations of "Trench" (30 Words)

aqueduct	A conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a valley.
basin	A bowl for washing typically attached to a wall and having taps connected to a water supply a washbasin. The loch is cupped in a shallow basin among low hills.
bridge	Something resembling a bridge in form or function. These sunglasses have a special nose bridge for comfort.
canal	Provide a city with a canal. They travelled on by canal.
canalize	Direct the flow of. A narrow strait can so canalize the tide that a powerful current is developed.
channel	A service or station using a channel of frequencies. Meg Ryan plays Avery as if she s channelling Nicole Kidman.
conduit	A passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass. Nearby springs supplied the conduit which ran into the brewery.
ditch	Make or repair ditches. Ditch a plane.
drain	Empty of liquid drain the liquid from. The river drains into the Pacific.
drainage	Emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it. The pot must have holes in the base for good drainage.
exhaust	The system through which exhaust gases are expelled. The country has exhausted its treasury reserves.
flow	The amount of fluid that flows in a given time. Ventilation channels keep the air flowing.
fluvial	Of or relating to or happening in a river. Fluvial processes.
incised	Cut into with a sharp instrument. An incised design.
irrigate	(of a river or stream) supply (land) with water. Irrigate the wound.
irrigation	The process of washing out an organ or wound with a continuous flow of water or medication. The river supplies water for irrigation of agricultural crops.
isthmus	A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure.
lake	Any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments. The EU wine lake.
levee	A formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court.
moat	Surround a place with a moat.
navigable	(of a website) easy to move around in. Many of the rivers ceased to be navigable.
pipeline	Convey a substance by a pipeline. A pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport.
river	Used in names of animals and plants living in or associated with rivers e g river dolphin. Great rivers of molten lava.
sedimentary	Resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of sediment.
soil	Make soiled filthy or dirty. Rotary cultivators are ideal particularly on difficult soils.
strait	Used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty. Redundancy left him in severe financial straits.
vacate	Cancel officially. The Justices vacated a ruling by the federal appeals court.
water	Found in on or near areas of water. A water plant.
waterway	A channel at the outer edge of a deck of a boat that allows water to run off. The canal was a very successful commercial waterway.