trough
pronunciation
How to pronounce trough in British English:
UK [trɒf]
How to pronounce trough in American English:
US [trɔːf]
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- Noun:
- a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)
- a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
- a concave shape with an open top
- a treasury for government funds
- a long narrow shallow receptacle
- a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed
Word Origin
- trough
- trough: [OE] Etymologically, a trough is something made out of ‘wood’. Its ultimate source is Indo-European *drukós, a derivative of the base *dru- ‘wood, tree’ (source also of English tree). This passed into prehistoric Germanic as *trugaz, which has since diversified into German and Dutch trog, Swedish tråg, Danish trug, and English trough. English trug ‘shallow basket’ [16] is a variant of trough.=> tray, tree, trug
- trough (n.)
- Old English trog "wooden vessel, tray, hollow vessel, canoe," from Proto-Germanic *trugaz (cognates: Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old Norse trog, Middle Dutch troch, Dutch trog, Old High German troc, German trog), from PIE *dru-ko-, from root *dru-, *deru- "wood, tree" (see tree (n.)). Originally pronounced in English with a hard -gh- (as in Scottish loch); pronunciation shifted to "-ff," but spelling remained.
Example
- 1. Global stockmarkets have rallied by 64 % since their trough .
- 2. Private-home prices have surged 59 % since the market 's most recent trough in 2009 .
- 3. With luck , the global slump has reached its trough .
- 4. Gravity pulls the dense air back down forming the trough .
- 5. I doubt that these early reports will tell us much about what will happen in the trough of this recession .