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trench Definition:
- A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide , and narrow compared to its length .
| Trench (v. t.) To cut |
| Trench (v. t.) To fortify by cutting a ditch, and raising a rampart or breastwork with the earth thrown out of the ditch |
| Trench (v. t.) To cut furrows or ditches in |
| Trench (v. t.) To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next |
| Trench (v. i.) To encroach |
| Trench (v. i.) To have direction |
| Trench (v. t.) A long, narrow cut in the earth |
| Trench (v. t.) An alley |
| Trench (v. t.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches. |
| Trench-plow (v. t.) Alt. of Trench-plough |
| 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 |
trench Synonyme:
| trench Bassalia abri abysm abyss abyssal zone adit air-raid shelter approach approach trench aqueduct arroyo barge in bathyal zone benthos bomb shelter bombproof bore bottom bottom glade bottom waters bottomless depths bottoms box canyon breach break break in break in upon bunker burrow burst in butt in canal canalization canalize canyon carve cave cavity chamfer channel channelize chap charge in chasm check chimney chink chisel cleave cleft cleuch clough col concealment conduct conduit convey corrugate coulee couloir countermine coupure course cover covert coverture crack cranny crash crash in crash the gates creep in crevasse crevice crimp crowd in cut cut apart cut in cwm cyclone cellar dado dale defile dell delve dig dig out dike dingle ditch donga double sap drain draw dredge drill drive duct dugout earth edge in egress elbow in encroach engrave entrance entrench entrenchment excavate excavation exit fallout shelter fault fire trench fissure flaw flume flute flying sap foist in fortified tunnel fosse foxhole fracture funk hole funnel furrow gallery gap gape gash gill glen goffer gorge gouge gouge out groove ground grove grub gulch gulf gully gutter ha-ha hole horn in impinge impose impose on impose upon incise incision infiltrate infringe ingress inner space insinuate interfere interlope interpose intervale intervene intrude invade irrupt joint kennel kloof leak lower lunar rill mine moat notch nullah obtrude ocean bottom ocean depths ocean floor open opening parallel pass passage passageway pelagic zone pipe pleat plow press in push in put on put through put upon quarry rabbet ravine rent rifle rift rime rive rupture rush in rut safety zone sap scissure scoop scoop out score scrabble scrape scratch seam shelter shovel sink siphon slink in s |
| trench foot Minamata disease altitude sickness anoxemia anoxia anoxic anoxia anthrax black lung caisson disease chilblain decompression sickness frostbite immersion foot itai jet lag lead poisoning mercury poisoning motion sickness pneumoconiosis radiation sickness radionecrosis red-out sunstroke the bends |
| trench mouth African lethargy Asiatic cholera Chagres fever German measles Haverhill fever acute articular rheumatism ague alkali disease amebiasis amebic dysentery anthrax bacillary dysentery bastard measles black death black fever blackwater fever breakbone fever brucellosis bubonic plague cachectic fever cerebral rheumatism chicken pox cholera cowpox dandy fever deer fly fever dengue dengue fever diphtheria dumdum fever dysentery elephantiasis encephalitis lethargica enteric fever erysipelas famine fever five-day fever flu frambesia glandular fever grippe hansenosis hepatitis herpes herpes simplex herpes zoster histoplasmosis hookworm hydrophobia infantile paralysis infectious mononucleosis inflammatory rheumatism influenza jail fever jungle rot kala azar kissing disease lepra leprosy leptospirosis loa loa loaiasis lockjaw madness malaria malarial fever marsh fever measles meningitis milzbrand mumps ornithosis osteomyelitis paratyphoid fever parotitis parrot fever pertussis pneumonia polio poliomyelitis polyarthritis rheumatism ponos psittacosis rabbit fever rabies rat-bite fever relapsing fever rheumatic fever rickettsialpox ringworm rubella rubeola scarlatina scarlet fever schistosomiasis septic sore throat shingles sleeping sickness sleepy sickness smallpox snail fever splenic fever spotted fever strep throat swamp fever tetanus thrush tinea trench fever tuberculosis tularemia typhoid typhoid fever typhus typhus fever undulant fever vaccinia varicella variola venereal disease viral dysentery whooping cough yaws yellow fever yellow jack zona zoster |