LookItUptrench
Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /trɛntʃ/ · UK /trentʃ/
Forms: trenches
trench means: A long, narrow hole where soldiers stay to protect themselves from enemy attacks.
noun
A long, narrow hole where soldiers stay to protect themselves from enemy attacks.
- The soldiers waited in the trench.
- Enemy shells exploded near the trenches.
- He spent several months fighting in a muddy trench.
A long, narrow hole in the ground, made by people or by natural forces.
- They dug a trench for the pipes.
- Rainwater collected in the trench beside the road.
- Some ocean trenches are several kilometres deep.
verb
To dig long, narrow holes or channels in land.
- They trenched the field for drainage.
- Workers are trenching the ground to install new cables.
- We must trench this land before laying the pipes.
To dig soil deeply in rows, moving soil from each new hole into the previous one.
- We trenched the vegetable bed.
- The gardener trenched the soil before planting.
- They trench these beds each autumn to improve the soil.
Questions about trench
What does trench mean?
A long, narrow hole where soldiers stay to protect themselves from enemy attacks.
What is trench in other languages?
Türkçe: siper · Español: trinchera · Français: tranchée · Deutsch: Schützengraben · Italiano: trincea · 日本語: 塹壕
How do you pronounce trench?
In American English /trɛntʃ/; in British English /trentʃ/.
How do you use trench in a sentence?
The soldiers waited in the trench. Enemy shells exploded near the trenches.
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