1 a long deep hole dug in the ground, for example for carrying away water:
Workmen were digging a trench beside the road.
2 a long deep hole dug in the ground in which soldiers can be protected from enemy attacks (for example in northern France and Belgium in the First World War):
life in the trenches * trench warfare
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