troughlike

Like a gutter

Resembling a trough—long, narrow, and concave like a feeding container or drainage channel: troughlike depressions in the rock, a troughlike valley carved by glaciers.

The word describes any elongated hollow or dip that suggests the shape of a trough.

concave

hollowed

Made empty within

sunken · bowl-shaped · indented · recessed · cupped · channeled · grooved · elongated · depressed · excavated

feeding

manger

Livestock feeding container

  • feedlotLivestock fattening enclosure
  • hayrackFrame holding livestock fodder
  • fodderCoarse livestock nourishment

silage · slop · swill · watering · livestock · barnyard · stable · pigsty · cattle · equine

geological

valley

Low ground between heights

  • canyonDeep river-cut gorge
  • gullyChannel carved by flowing water
  • ravineDeep, narrow valley

gorge · channel · culvert · gulch · arroyo · riverbed · streambed · drainage · watershed · eroded

wave

crest

Highest point or tuft

cyclical · oscillating · barometric · pressure · meteorological · sinusoidal · waveform · amplitude

Opposites
topographical shape

troughlikepeaked

Reached the summit

ridged · crested · peaklike · mounded · domed

Family

trough, troughs

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G