trench

noun

any long ditch cut in the ground

a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth

verb

dig a trench or trenches

cut a trench in, as for drainage

set, plant, or bury in a trench

cut or carve deeply into

fortify by surrounding with trenches

impinge or infringe upon

Roots

truncaretrench- · Latin · to cut

Synonyms for trench

ditchn entrenchv entrenchmentn digv excavatev moatn excavationn foxholen fossen gullyn

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The word trench breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root trench, from Latin truncare (“to cut”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.