trench

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
  2. noun a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
  3. noun any long ditch cut in the ground

Etymology

Borrowed into Middle English from Old French trenche. Doublet of tranche and traunch. Possible doublet of English: truncate

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