Look up: trench

1. Trench
   Deep and sinuous depression in the ocean floor, usually seaward of a continental margin or an arcuate group of volcanic islands
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2. Trench
   A long narrow submarine DEPRESSION with relatively steep sides.
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3. trench
   [n] - a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor 2. [n] - any long ditch cut in the ground 3. [n] - a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth 4. [v] - fortify by surrounding with trenches 5. [v] - cut or carve deeply into 6. [v] - set, pl...
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4. trench
   long but narrow depression in the deep sea floor,with steep sides 99999INTERNATIONAL DE MONACO,1951 Category: General • an elongated trough or deep in the ocean floor.. Category: The cosmos
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5. trench
   1. A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land. ... 2. An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods, shrubbery, or the like. 'In a trench, forth in the park, goeth she.' (Chaucer) ... 3. An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as th...
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6. trench
   noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
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7. trench
   deep noun a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
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8. Trench
   • (v. i.) To encroach; to intrench. • (v. t.) To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it. • (v. i.) To have direction; to aim or tend. • (v. t.) An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods, shrubbery, or the like. • (v. t.) An excav...
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9. trench
   (from the article `coal mining`) Area mining, applied where the terrain is flat, commences with a trench or `box cut` made through the overburden to expose a portion of the coal ... ...program. Several exploration techniques are used, depending on the type of deposit and its proximity to the surface. When the top of a deposit ...
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10. trench
    trench: see ocean.
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11. Trench
    A trench is a form of fortification employed by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown up out of the ditch and used to protect troops from the enemy's fire.
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12. Trench
    Long, narrow arcuate depression in the seabed which results from the bending of the lithospheric plate as it descends into the mantle at a subduction zone.
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13. Trench
    A `trench` is a type of excavation or depression in the ground. Trenches are generally defined by being deeper than they are wide (as opposed to a wider gully or ditch), and by being narrow compared to their length (as opposed to a simple hole). Usage: A number of areas exist in which trenches play ...
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14. Trench
    (disambiguation) A `trench` is a narrow depression in the ground. It may also refer to a number of people named this way, and to some other things: People: The Trench family supposedly originated in County Galway, Ireland as descendants of Frederic de la Traunche, a 16th-century Huguenot immi...
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