noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a trench coat (= a long raincoat with a belt )
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a military-style trench coat
dig a hole/trench/grave etc
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They dig a small hole in the sand to bury their eggs.
trench coat
trench warfare (= fighting from long holes dug into the ground )
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There he experienced the full horrors of trench warfare.
trench warfare
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
deep
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Water belched out as he drenched each tree, pouring the costly stuff into the deep trench which circled their trunks.
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Across the Volga, for example, engineers had to dig a 16-metre deep trench to accommodate the pipe.
■ NOUN
coat
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He had a black trench coat on and his right hand was deep inside the right pocket.
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It was all preparation for her dream job: a foreign correspondent, roaming the world in a trench coat .
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Immediately, they heard raised voices and saw that the porter was engaged in an altercation with two men in trench coats .
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Check any narrow-minded seriousness at the door with your urban trench coat and get ready for an absolute annihilation of bourgeois civility.
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He was wearing a trench coat , military style with wide lapels, the collar turned up, belted.
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Purple Label sportswear is filled with chocolate-colored suede trench coats , gray pinstriped cashmere slacks, cashmere sweaters and cashmere overcoats.
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He carried his trench coat over his arm.
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No cocktail hat, no military decorations, no trench coat actually worn in the trenches.
warfare
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More years of trench warfare and carnage on the Western Front.were now almost unavoidable.
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The little-noticed trench warfare over Senate confirmation of presidential appointees is nothing new.
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Lastly, trench warfare is a policy Mr Yeltsin has pursued with some success for much of the past 12 months.
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Yet to continue trench warfare as before would be a mistake.
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The musical evokes the courage and humour of the troops amidst the horror of trench warfare .
■ VERB
dig
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They dig trenches which make it difficult for me to get out?
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Everyone dug tunnels and trenches under fire, sometimes hitting hard soil and only advancing five or six yards a day.
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Across the Volga, for example, engineers had to dig a 16-metre deep trench to accommodate the pipe.
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The rows of atoms, as it were, dislike being dug out of their comfortable trenches of lowest energy.
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Fabritsyn dug trenches , tended cattle, and carried rebel arms and explosives between bases.
digging
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By digging a trench and doing nothing Kasparov could probably hold the draw, but that is not his style.
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Planted blueberry bushes. Digging trench for cabin foundation.
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And so on that soaking wet winter day we began digging our trench .
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I was assigned to a crew digging trenches .
fill
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Put in a V-shaped trench 6in apart above a layer of course sand. Fill trench with light soil and water well.
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Purple Label sportswear is filled with chocolate-colored suede trench coats, gray pinstriped cashmere slacks, cashmere sweaters and cashmere overcoats.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the Mariana Trench
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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the fighting men in the trenches of France
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the Puerto Rico Trench
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Workers dug a trench for gas lines.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But we in the trenches just never see the end product.
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Downbuckling is marked by an offshore trench .
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Parapets gradually grew lower and lower until the trench became little deeper than a roadside ditch.
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The mosquitoes don't seem to like the rain either, they all seem to be at the back of the trench .
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There had been such a wide expanse of firm ground that a trench had never been worn.
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Those same nice folks get awful upset when somebody goes out and jumps into the trenches and tries to make it work.