Trench

What do we mean by trench?

A deep furrow or ditch. noun

A long narrow ditch embanked with its own soil and used for concealment and protection in warfare. noun

A long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor. noun

To dig or make a trench or trenches in (land or an area, for example). intransitive verb

To place in a trench. intransitive verb

To dig a trench or trenches. intransitive verb

To encroach. Often used with on or upon. intransitive verb

To verge or border. Often used with on or upon. intransitive verb

A narrow excavation of considerable length cut into the earth; a deep furrow or ditch. noun

A lane or road cut through shrubbery or woods. noun

To cut, as a notch, hole, mark, etc.; form by cutting; carve; incise.

To cut into; form a ditch, trench, or other linear depression in: as, to trench the ground round a camp or a fort.

In agriculture, to furrow deeply, especially with the spade; dig deeply and turn over thoroughly by means of a succession of contiguous trenches.

In cabinet-making and the like, to work with a long continuous groove, as a rail which is to be fitted upon the heads of a series of bars or balusters.

To cut; slash.

Specifically, to form a trench or trenches; proceed by or as if by means of trenches.

To encroach; infringe; obtrude as if by cutting into something: used of conduct, expression, or the like, usually with on or upon: as, to trench upon another's rights. Also intrench.

To reach out; extend; tend.

Synonyms Encroach upon, Infringe, etc. See trespass.

To encroach; to intrench. intransitive verb

A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.

A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.

A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.

A trench coat.

Words that are spelled similarly to trench:
trench, wrench, french, drench, tench, tranch, trunch, rench, treach.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word trench:
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Words that rhyme with trench:
wrench, french, bench, quench, wench, stench, drench, entrench, clench, retrench, tench, blench, workbench, flench, mench, monkey wrench, hench, allen wrench, dench, pipe wrench, rench, stillson wrench, chain wrench, socket wrench, park bench, torque wrench, box end wrench, optical bench, alligator wrench, church bench, lab bench, lug wrench, the french, brace wrench, old north french, old french, screw wrench, tube wrench, work bench, bulldog wrench, dog wrench, box wrench, canadian french, adjustable wrench, hook wrench, tappet wrench, carriage wrench, pin wrench, tap wrench, warm the bench, s wrench, flat bench, ride the bench, jentsch, lentsch, rentsch.

Adjectives that are often used to describe trench:
deep, shallow, german, narrow, long, front, wide, small, main, open, line, second, circular, single, broad, oceanic, foot, shaped, filled, advanced, continuous, off, turkish, south, forward, excavated, norwegian, puddle, muddy, big, huge, nearest, exploratory, slit, covered, west, deepest, aleutian, sea, fire, southern, nearby, rectangular, straight, northern, concrete, outer, empty, lowest, immense, eastern, wall, vast, double, deeper, sided, lined, parallel, vertical, enormous, frontline, adjacent, defensive, wet, prepared, cut, axial, bloody.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective trench:
mortars, warfare, system, systems, coat, gap, digging, feet, coats, fever, slope, construction, work, town, structures, structure, ploughing, life, foot, lines, fighting, raids, isolation, forearc, diggers, mortar, latrines, method, type, tectonics, interaction, gaps, silos, excavations, gate, collision, building, mouth, interactions, drains, making, boards, walls, plowing, filling, crossing, graves, houses, attack, excavation, widths, depths, sediments, boxes, junction, magmatism, latrine, region, jellicoe, soldiers, raiding, distance, planting, works, duty, plugs, wall, buildings, environment, fill, tops, ridge, collisions, sweepers, jacks, braces, encounter, tombs, props, jokes, newspapers, cleaners, architecture, zone, bottoms, breakers, clubs, mud, yards, digger, complex, association, clay, repairs, trubner, composting.

Consonant match to trench:
tranche, trunch.

Words that sound like trench:
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