trench - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• trench

More generic

• ditch

More specific

• approach trench
• communication trench
• fire trench
• fosse
• moat
• slit trench

Related

• entrenchment
• intrenchment

Noun

any long ditch cut in the ground

Synonyms

• trench

More generic

• ditch

More specific

• furrow

Noun

a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

Synonyms

• deep
• oceanic abyss
• trench

More generic

• depression
• natural depression

Verb

dig a trench or trenches

Synonyms

• trench

More generic

• dig
• dig out

Verb

cut a trench in, as for drainage

Synonyms

• ditch
• trench

More generic

• dig
• excavate
• hollow

Verb

set, plant, or bury in a trench

Synonyms

• trench

More generic

• lay
• place
• pose
• position
• put
• set

Verb

cut or carve deeply into

Synonyms

• trench

More generic

• cut

Verb

fortify by surrounding with trenches

Synonyms

• trench

More generic

• fort
• fortify

Verb

impinge or infringe upon

Synonyms

• encroach
• entrench
• impinge
• trench

More generic

• take advantage
• trespass

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