How to pronounce “trench”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
• (military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
• (archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
• (informal) A trench coat.
• [Verb]
• (usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
• (military, infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
• (archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
• To have direction; to aim or tend.
• To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
• To cut furrows or ditches in.
• To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.

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