trenches

Meaning of trenches

noun
  1. A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
  2. A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
  3. A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
  4. A trench coat.
verb
  1. (usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
  2. (infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
  3. To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
  4. To have direction; to aim or tend.
  5. To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
  6. To cut furrows or ditches in.
    to trench land for the purpose of draining it
  7. To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.
    to trench a garden for certain crops

noun

The front line of any field of endeavor, as the line of scrimmage in American football, patrol duty for a policeman.

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Hyphenation of trenches

trenches

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 8 chars.
  • trenches is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

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