trench meaning
EN
[tɹɛntʃ] [-ɛntʃ] WTrench
- A trench is a type of excavation or depression in the ground that is generally deeper than it is wide (as opposed to a wider gully or ditch), and narrow compared to its length (as opposed to a simple hole).
- In geology, trenches are created as a result of erosion by rivers or by geological movement of tectonic plates.
FR trench 
- NounPLtrenches
- A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
- (military) A narrow excavation as used in warfare, as a cover for besieging or emplaced forces.
- (archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
- (informal) A trench coat.
- A long, narrow ditch or hole dug in the ground.
- VerbSGtrenchesPRtrenchingPT, PPtrenched
- (usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
- (military, infantry) To excavate an elongated pit for protection of soldiers and or equipment, usually perpendicular to the line of sight toward the enemy.
- (archaeology) To excavate an elongated and often narrow pit.
- To have direction; to aim or tend.
- To cut; to form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.
- To cut furrows or ditches in.
- to trench land for the purpose of draining it
- To dig or cultivate very deeply, usually by digging parallel contiguous trenches in succession, filling each from the next.
- to trench a garden for certain crops
- (usually followed by upon) To invade, especially with regard to the rights or the exclusive authority of another; to encroach.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Sexton beetles, corpse-eating buriers who delve and undergrub him and howk out the trench his sausagy form settles into. — Galway Kinnell.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles. — Richard Chenevix Trench.
- After you're done laying the pipe, fill in the trench.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of trench in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Nouns
- en trenches
- fr trench
- en trenchant
- en trencherman
- fr trenchs
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "trench" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.