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trenches
noun(trench)
a long cut in the ground : ditch; especially : one used for military defense often with the excavated dirt thrown up in front
trenches
noun(trench)
a place, position, or level at which an activity is carried on in a manner likened to trench warfare —often used in the phrase in the trenches
trenches
noun(trench)
a long, narrow, and usually steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
trenches
verb(trench)
to make a cut in : carve
trenches
verb(trench)
to protect with or as if with a trench
trenches
verb(trench)
to cut a trench in : ditch
trenches
plural noun(trench)
a place or situation in which people do very difficult work
trenches
noun(trench)
a narrow trench especially for shelter in battle from bomb and shell fragments

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