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troughs

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for troughs.

Editorial note

If you can even out the peaks and troughs then you can make all this stuff much more efficient.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of troughs gathered in one view.

noun

A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.

noun

Any similarly shaped container.

noun

A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for troughs.

noun

A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.

noun

Any similarly shaped container.

noun

A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle.

noun

A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.

Example sentences

1

If you can even out the peaks and troughs then you can make all this stuff much more efficient.

2

Also, demand spikes and troughs result in a lot of delivery people sitting around or over-worked.

3

What you're more likely to see in practice though is huge peaks and troughs in load.

4

Someone who's in it for the long run through all of the peaks and troughs experienced on the startup journey.

5

Whisky goes through peaks and troughs, but, like coffee (whose trees take a few years to yield fruit), supply lags demand.

6

It is like law enforcement and the legal system have turned into feeding troughs for the whole band of officials involved in it.

7

I think the deeper troughs must be where a lot people rage quit Mathematics in K-12?

8

The stress of finding work has been getting to me lately, and at my current daily rate it isn't enough to get me through the troughs.

9

Or perhaps it's better conceptualized as troughs the year after.

10

You'll probably see peaks and troughs as demand increases and supply comes online, but there is a lot of land left for renewables to be deployed to.

11

During troughs, perfectly palatable 12+ year old single malts get chucked into your basic Jonny Walker type bottle because it makes more economic sense than storing it.

12

Public Radio has been riding the peaks and troughs of podcasting, but I wouldn't say they are leading any renaissance, real or imagined.

Quote examples

1

As stated in the article, the point is to give an intuition for how energy appears to "move" from troughs to peaks: by going everywhere.

2

Without those useful 900 words, the post is just "Yeah, I think there are some roughly seasonal peaks and troughs and it peaked in summer '08.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use troughs in a sentence?

If you can even out the peaks and troughs then you can make all this stuff much more efficient.

What does troughs mean?

A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.

What part of speech is troughs?

troughs is commonly used as noun.