The phrase "a trough for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a container or receptacle designed to hold something, often in the context of feeding animals or collecting water.
Example: "The farmer built a trough for the cattle to drink from during the hot summer months."
Alternatives: "a container for" or "a basin for".
It is time to ask why feeding the hungry must include a trough for multibillion-dollar agribusiness.
Under the bar is a relic from the place's older days — a trough for men to relieve themselves without leaving their drinks (no longer used).
If mainstream Hollywood cleaves to the story arc, indie creators prefer the story sine wave, with a trough for every peak.
The conviction of former Mayor Sharpe James disappointed some, vindicated others, and left some observers hopeful that it could end the city's reputation as a trough for opportunistic public officials.
Much like his highly popular campaign against official corruption, Mr. Xi's effort to overhaul the legal system seeks to tame an unwieldy and sometimes rapacious bureaucracy that has turned China's judiciary into a trough for bribery and influence peddling.
The model combines the concepts of athermal long-range and thermally activated, short-range barriers, with the model of a "trough" for the thermally activated breakaway of dislocations from the core atmosphere.
While it is easy to conclude that the turbulence and some of the pessimism surrounding SDN in 2013 reflected a trough of disillusionment for SDN, it is also easy to remain optimistic about its future.
While it is easy to conclude that the turbulence and some of the pessimism surrounding SDN in recent times reflected a trough of disillusionment for SDN, it is also easy to remain optimistic about its future.
At the recent groundbreaking for a test track in the Antelope Valley of the Mojave Desert, Chairman Chung and several other executives, including O'Neill, held shovels over a trough of dirt for photographers.
At the recent groundbreaking for a test track in the hardscrabble Antelope Valley of the Mojave Desert, Chairman Chung and several other executives, including O'Neill, held shovels over a trough of dirt for photographers.
He says the number of applications has always been cyclical and very sensitive to external factors the 2011 figure represents a 10-year peak and a 50% rise from a 2007 trough, for example, most likely generated by the infusion of federal dollars in the 2009 stimulus.
