feed troughs

Barn meal containers

Feed troughs are long, narrow containers from which livestock eat or drink.

Typically made of wood, metal, or plastic, they're designed to hold grain, hay, or water for multiple animals at once: The horses lined up at the feed trough.

Figuratively, trough often appears in contexts about greed or collective consumption: politicians at the public trough.

Related
  • mangerLivestock feeding container
  • hayDried feed crop
  • grainCereal plant's harvest unit
  • barnAgricultural storage structure
  • dairy barnShelter for milk-producing livestock

livestock · farm animals · cattle · horses · slop · water · chow down · stalls · wooden · galvanized · snouts · muzzles · nose to nose · belly up · oats · silage · barnyard · buckets

Opposites
substance delivered

feed troughswater tanks

Vessels storing liquid supply

water troughs · watering holes · drinking fountains · waterers · stock tanks

direction of material flow

feed troughsdrainage channels

Passages directing water away

septic systems

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G