| trench warfare | a type of armed combat in which the opposing troops fight from trenches that face each other, instead of the war ending quickly, it became bogged down in trench warfare |
| trench warfare | a struggle (usually prolonged) between competing entities in which neither side is able to win, the hope that his superior campaigning skills would make a difference evaporated in the realization that electioneering had become a form of trench warfare |
approach trench
communication trench | a trench that provides protected passage between the rear and front lines of a defensive position |
| fire trench | a trench especially constructed for the delivery of small-arms fire |
mortar
howitzer
trench mortar | a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range |
| slit trench | narrow trench for shelter in battle |
| trench | a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth |
| trench | any long ditch cut in the ground |
| trench coat | a military style raincoat, belted with deep pockets |
| trench knife | a knife with a double-edged blade for hand-to-hand fighting |
| Atacama Trench | a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile |
| Bougainville Trench | a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean between New Guinea and the Solomon Islands |
| Japan Trench | a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of , feet |
trench
deep
oceanic abyss | a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor |
Vincent's angina
Vincent's infection
trench mouth | an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane |
| trench fever | marked by pain in muscles and joints and transmitted by lice |
trench foot
immersion foot | resembling frostbite but without freezing, resulting from exposure to cold and wet |
| trench | dig a trench or trenches, The National Guardsmen were sent out to trench |
| trench ditch | cut a trench in, as for drainage, ditch the land to drain it, trench the fields |
| trench | set, plant, or bury in a trench, trench the fallen soldiers, trench the vegetables |
| trench | cut or carve deeply into, letters trenched into the stone |
| trench | fortify by surrounding with trenches, He trenched his military camp |
impinge a encroach a entrench
trench | impinge or infringe upon, This impinges on my rights as an individual, This matter entrenches on other domains |