troughs
Because it is a word with a single syllable, troughs is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions oftroughs
- A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
Example: "One of Hank's chores was to slop the pigs' trough each morning and evening."
- Any similarly shaped container.
- A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.
Example: "There was a small trough that the sump pump emptied into; it was filled with mosquito larvae."
- A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.
Example: "The troughs were filled with leaves and needed clearing."
- A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel.
- A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle.
Example: "The buoy bobbed between the crests and troughs of the waves moving across the bay."
- A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.
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