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- [trench]
- /trɛntʃ/
- /trentʃ/
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- [trench]
- /trɛntʃ/
Definitions of trench word
- noun trench Richard Chenevix [shen-uh-vee] /ˈʃɛn ə vi/ (Show IPA), 1807–86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland. 1
- verb with object trench to surround or fortify with trenches; entrench. 1
- verb with object trench to cut a trench in. 1
- verb with object trench to set or place in a trench. 1
- verb with object trench to form (a furrow, ditch, etc.) by cutting into or through something. 1
- verb with object trench to make a cut in; cut into; carve. 1
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Origin of trench
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English trenche path made by cutting < Old French: act of cutting, a cut, derivative of trenchier to cut < Vulgar Latin *trincāre, for Latin truncāre to lop; see truncate
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Parts of speech for Trench
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trench popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
trench usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for trench
noun trench
- anorak — An anorak is a warm waterproof jacket, usually with a hood.
- barrier — A barrier is something such as a rule, law, or policy that makes it difficult or impossible for something to happen or be achieved.
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- blank wall — an impassable barricade or obstacle; a situation in which further progress is impossible: Attempts to get information by questioning the neighbors ran into a blank wall.
- canal — A canal is a long, narrow stretch of water that has been made for boats to travel along or to bring water to a particular area.
verb trench
- break ground — to do something that has not been done before
- corrugate — to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
- dished — concave: a dished face.
- dishing — an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- fringing — a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
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