TROUGH

(CONTAINER) [noun] [C] - a long narrow container without a lid that usually holds water or food for farm animalsThe cows at the feeding trough were surprised to see us.The word trough is sometimes used to mean a supply of money or other advantage which people eagerly and sometimes dishonestly take a share of.The council had been handing out grants indiscriminately, and people were hurrying to get their snouts in the trough.(US) He accused leading senators of feeding at the public trough (= taking government money and using it dishonestly for their own advantage).