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