GRE Word List
TROUGH
long narrow container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave, business cycle, etc.); long narrow depression as between waves
The meaning of the word trough is long narrow container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave, business cycle, etc.); long narrow depression as between waves.
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