OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 8807

trench

/tɹɛnt͡ʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
trinchera
A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
The milling action of the bucket line enables the trencher to cut through difficult materials, such as stone rubble and brick filling, and to leave a good trench with clean side wa…
The trenches for installing the underground cables were dug with a trencher.
trinchera
A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
Following in the tank's wake, the cameliers reached the first line of Turkish trenches, where they confronted a handful of Ottoman soldiers too wounded to retreat.
The soldiers in the trenches rely on logistical support.
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