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SLOPING TROUGH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sloping channel through which things can descend
Synonyms:
chute; slide; slideway; sloping trough
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sloping trough" is a kind of...):
gutter; trough (a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater)
Meronyms (parts of "sloping trough"):
skid (one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sloping trough"):
glacier mill; moulin (a chute through which supraglacial water enters a glacier, boring either to the bedrock or to the depth of common crevasse formation)
coal chute (a chute for coal)
runway (a chute down which logs can slide)
water chute (chute with flowing water down which toboggans and inner tubes and people slide into a pool)
