watering trough
Barnyard drinking station
A watering trough is a long, open container filled with water for livestock to drink from.
Traditionally made of wood, stone, or metal, troughs are placed in pastures, barns, or along roads where animals gather: The horses crowded around the watering trough after the long ride.
The term sometimes appears figuratively for any communal source of sustenance or resources.
- horsesLarge domesticated hoofed mammals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- farm animalsDomesticated agricultural creatures
- stock tankLarge container for livestock water
barn · stable · drinking · galvanized · metal · fill up · farmyard · pasture · thirst · dry season · bucket · feed · rustic · corral · old west · ranch · hay · dusty
- frontier towngeneral store, saloon, sheriff's office, livery stable, hitching post
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Prolonged water scarcity
desert · parched land · water shortage · dehydration · arid land
watering troughfeed trough
Container for livestock food
feeding trough · manger · hay rack · grain bin · salt lick
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