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Trench
trɛn(t)ʃ
Trench definitions
noun
trench
trenches
- a long, narrow ditch
"dig a trench around the perimeter of the fire"
- a long, narrow ditch dug by troops to provide a place of shelter from enemy fire
- a connected system of long, narrow ditches forming an army's line
- the battlefields of northern France and Belgium in the First World War
"the slaughter in the trenches created a new cynicism"
- a long, narrow, deep depression in the ocean bed, typically one running parallel to a plate boundary and marking a subduction zone
"the Marianas Trench"
- a trench coat
verb
trench
trenched
trenches
trenching
- dig a trench or trenches in (the ground)
"she trenched the terrace to a depth of 6 feet"
- turn over the earth of (a field or garden) by digging a succession of adjoining ditches
- border closely on; encroach on
"this would surely trench very far on the dignity and liberty of citizens"