trough
• noun 1 a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of. 2 a channel used to convey a liquid. 3 an elongated region of low barometric pressure. 4 a hollow between two wave crests in the sea. 5 a point of low activity or achievement. — ORIGIN Old English; related to TREE.
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