Meaning of Trench | Babel Free
tɹɛnt͡ʃDefinitions
- A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
- A suburb of Telford, Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6912).
- A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
- A habitational surname.
- A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
- A trench coat.
Equivalents
Afrikaans
loopgraaf
Azərbaycanca
xəndək
Беларуская
роў
Български
и́зкоп
བོད་སྐད
ས་ཤུར
Català
trinxera
Cymraeg
ffos
Dansk
grøft
Español
trinchera
Eesti
kaevik
Euskara
lubaki
Gaeilge
díog
Қазақша
жертаса
ខ្មែរ
ប្រឡាយ
Te Reo Māori
awarua
मराठी
खंदक
Bahasa Melayu
parit
Slovenčina
priekopa
Slovenščina
jarek
Shqip
hendek
తెలుగు
కందకము
Tagalog
trintsera
ئۇيغۇرچە
خەندەك
Examples
“The trenches for installing the underground cables were dug with a trencher.”
“The milling action of the bucket line enables the trencher to cut through difficult materials, such as stone rubble and brick filling, and to leave a good trench with clean side walls.”
“Figure 114 shows how pegs driven into the bottom of a foundation trench to establish a horizontal level for the concreter to work to, can be levelled with a boning rod held upright on the pages at either end of the trench.”
“The soldiers in the trenches rely on logistical support.”
“Following in the tank's wake, the cameliers reached the first line of Turkish trenches, where they confronted a handful of Ottoman soldiers too wounded to retreat.”
“I was the first person in my high school to wear a trench and fedora constantly, and Ben was one of the first to wear a black trench.”
“A classic trench can work in any kind of weather and goes well with almost anything.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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