trench
IPA: trˈɛntʃ
noun
- A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
- (military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
- (archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
- (informal) A trench coat.
- A suburb of Telford, Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6912).
- A habitational surname.
verb
- (usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
- (military, infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
- (archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
- To have direction; to aim or tend.
- To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
- To cut furrows or ditches in.
- To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.
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