trench

[US]/trentʃ/
[UK]/trentʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. ditch, military fortification
vt. dig a ditch, invade

Phrases & Collocations

dug trench

deep trench

trench warfare

in the trenches

cable trench

trench cover

trench coat

pipe trench

Example Sentences

a multibucket trench digger

trench a fire by pulling down houses

the soldiers in the trench sniped at us.

she trenched the terrace to a depth of 6 feet.

this would surely trench very far on the dignity and liberty of citizens.

The local despot trenched on the temple's property.

Dig trenches to drain away the water.

deep in their trenches the men stood, howking out the brown earth.

the slaughter in the trenches created a new cynicism.

The farmer dug several trenches to irrigate the rice fields.

on the trenches were pieces of turf which served for camouflage.

a series of trenches which filled with water when the ice retreated.

Aim: to explore the trench of acute schistosomiasis after flood disaster by the method of systemical and metasynthesis predication.

The troops stormed the enemy's trenches and fanned out across the fields.

The men in the trenches stayed down while the enemy shells were exploding.

Every bat flying out of the belfry a lost cause, every whoopla a groan over the radio from the private trenches of the damned.

The bloodsucking louse also transmits various commutable diseases such as endemic typhus, trench fever and relapsing fever.

Gaultier did all that by working in his stock characters and garments: the matelot, the androgynous lady in the pantsuit, the trenches, the smokings, the corsets.

It is barely ten since systematic deep ocean bathymetry revealed the structure of rifts, fractures and trenches associated with sea floor spreading.

Real-world Examples

Of course, the ocean's deepest trenches are much lower than this.

Source: CNN Listening January 2020 Collection

Another thing, another kind of coat is a trench coat, a trench coat.

Source: IELTS Speaking Preparation Guide

What it shows is there were no trenches in the Battle of verdun.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

I came up in the trenches, mate.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

On the front lines of an 8-year-old war, the defenses are centuries-old trenches.

Source: PBS Interview Social Series

The settlements have open trenches where people pour dirty water that flows into the river.

Source: VOA Special February 2023 Collection

And then they move on. And the backhoe cuts another trench.

Source: NPR News February 2023 Collection

ISIS has dug a network of tunnels and trenches.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2019 Compilation

The first port of call was to create a trench all the way around the skeleton.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) October 2022 Collection

There is no Ukrainian trench in which the resilience and heroism of our warriors would be disregarded.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation March 2023

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