Thesaurus results for TRENCH

trench

noun

ˈtrench

as in ditch

a long narrow channel dug in the earth dug a trench and filled it with water in an attempt to keep the forest fire off her property

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Recent Examples on the Web The autumn outerwear campaign features a shower-resistant, cotton gabardine trench with exaggerated gun flaps and epaulettes. —

Samantha Conti, WWD, 8 Oct. 2024 Camp Century contained several dozen massive trenches, one more than a thousand feet long, all carved into the ice sheet by giant snowplows and then covered with metal arches and more snow. —

Paul Bierman, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024 Charles earned his economics degree from Texas A&M University and spent 26 years in the construction trenches. —

Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024 The dragon drones have mostly attacked bunkers, trenches and their occupants—the operators apparently calculating that structures and troops are most vulnerable to sticky incendiaries that can kill a human being in seconds. —

David Axe, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for trench

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