- trug basket
- trug, trug bas·ket[trʌg-]n BRIT [flacher] Korb
English-german dictionary. 2013.
English-german dictionary. 2013.
trug — [trug] n. [prob. via Scand < base akin to OE trog, TROUGH] Brit. a broad, shallow, wooden gardener s basket … English World dictionary
trug — /trug, troog/, n. Brit. 1. a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood. 2. a shallow wooden milk pan. 3. a wooden tray for holding mortar. [1570 80; orig. uncert.] * * * … Universalium
trug — [ trʌg ] noun count BRITISH a flat basket made from thin pieces of wood, used for carrying fruit, vegetables, or flowers … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
trug — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a shallow oblong wooden basket, traditionally used for carrying garden flowers and produce. ORIGIN originally denoting a basin: perhaps a dialect form of TROUGH(Cf. ↑trough) … English terms dictionary
basket — Synonyms and related words: bag, ballocks, balls, barrel, bassinet, beard, bottle, box, box up, breadbasket, breasts, bushel, can, capsule, carton, case, cask, cervix, clitoris, clothesbasket, cod, cods, crane, crate, creel, cullions, encase,… … Moby Thesaurus
trug — UK [trʌɡ] / US noun [countable] Word forms trug : singular trug plural trugs British a flat basket made from thin pieces of wood, used for carrying fruit, vegetables, or flowers … English dictionary
trug — [[t]trʌ̱g[/t]] trugs N COUNT A trug is a wide, shallow, oval basket used for carrying garden tools, flowers, or plants. [BRIT] … English dictionary
trug — /trʌg/ (say trug) noun a shallow, oblong, wooden basket for carrying fruit, vegetables, etc. {? dialect variant of trough} …
trug — a basket having a shallow, boat like shape. Invented in Sussex, England, trugs come in many sizes; small ones are often used by gardeners to carry cut flowers. In the U.S., a trug of grain was formerly considered to equal exactly 2/3 U.S.… … Dictionary of units of measurement
trug — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1864 chiefly British a shallow rectangular gardening basket … New Collegiate Dictionary
trug — noun A shallow, oval basket used for gardening … Wiktionary