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5 → see also white trash

tra sh can (trash cans ) N‑COUNT A trash can is a large round container which people put their rubbish in and which is usually kept outside their house. [AM ] in BRIT, use dustbin

trashy /træ ʃi/ (trashier , trashiest ) ADJ If you describe something as trashy , you think it is of very poor quality. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □  I was reading some trashy romance novel.

trat|to|ria /træ təriː ə/ (trattorias ) N‑COUNT A trattoria is an Italian restaurant.

trau|ma /trɔː mə, [AM ] traʊ mə/ (traumas ) N‑VAR Trauma is a very severe shock or very upsetting experience, which may cause psychological damage. □ [+ of ] I'd been through the trauma of losing a house. □  The officers are claiming compensation for trauma after the disaster.

trau|mat|ic /trɔːmæ t I k, [AM ] traʊ-/ ADJ A traumatic experience is very shocking and upsetting, and may cause psychological damage. □  I suffered a nervous breakdown. It was a traumatic experience.

trau|ma|tize /trɔː məta I z, [AM ] traʊ -/ (traumatizes , traumatizing , traumatized ) in BRIT, also use traumatise VERB If someone is traumatized by an event or situation, it shocks or upsets them very much, and may cause them psychological damage. □ [be V -ed] I was traumatized by the experience. □ [V n] Did his parents traumatize him? □ [V n + with ] Traumatising a child with an abnormal fear of strangers probably won't do much good. □ [V -ed] …young children traumatised by their parents' deaths. ●  trau|ma|tized ADJ □  He left her in the middle of the road, shaking and deeply traumatized.

trav|ail /træ ve I l, [AM ] trəve I l/ (travails ) N‑VAR You can refer to unpleasant hard work or difficult problems as travail . [LITERARY ] □  He did whatever he could to ease their travail. □  The team, despite their recent travails, are still in the game.

trav|el ◆◆◇ /træ v ^ə l/ (travels , travelling , travelled ) in AM, use traveling , traveled 1 VERB If you travel , you go from one place to another, often to a place that is far away. □ [V prep/adv] You had better travel to Helsinki tomorrow. □ [V ] I've been traveling all day. □ [V amount/n] Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here. □ [V + at ] I had been travelling at 150 kilometres an hour. □ [V -ing] He was a charming travelling companion. ●  trav|el|ling N‑UNCOUNT □  I love travelling.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Travel is the activity of travelling. □  He detested air travel. □  …a writer of travel books.

3 VERB If you travel the world, the country, or the area, you go to many different places in the world or in a particular country or area. □ [V n] Dr Ryan travelled the world gathering material for his book.

4 VERB When light or sound from one place reaches another, you say that it travels to the other place. □ [V prep/adv] When sound travels through water, strange things can happen. □ [V + at ] Light travels at around 300,000,000 metres per second.

5 VERB When news becomes known by people in different places, you can say that it travels to them. □ [V adv/prep] News of his work traveled all the way to Asia.

6 N‑PLURAL [with poss, usu poss N ] Someone's travels are the journeys that they make to places a long way from their home. □  He also collects things for the house on his travels abroad.

7 → see also much-travelled , travelling , well-travelled

8 PHRASE If you travel light , you travel without taking much luggage.