plural of water trough

(rail transport, UK) a long trough placed between the rails in a railway track, which enabled a steam locomotive to replenish its water supply without stopping by lowering a scoop. They were removed at the end of steam train operation.

(Australia, colloquial) A urinal cake.

Any bivalve shell of the genus Mactra.

plural of trough-shell

plural of kneading trough

A (usually wooden) trough in which dough is kneaded before baking into bread.

(chiefly US) Alternative form of eavestrough

(chemistry) A piece of laboratory apparatus, consisting of a vessel filled with liquid (generally water or mercury), used for collecting gases.

Alternative form of winetrough