Meaning & use
trim trail
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Meaning
nouncountableBritish
An outdoor path with a series of wooden or metal structures used for exercise.
Grammar: Countable: you can say a trim trail or trim trails.
Patterns
- a trim trail
- on the trim trail
- along the trim trail
We jogged around the trim trail in the park and stopped at each station.
The council built a new trim trail for local residents to keep fit.
The trim trail has stations for pull-ups, balancing, and jumping.
Word forms
| plural | trim trails |
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Common combinations
- walk the trim trail
- We walked the trim trail and tried every exercise station.
- build a trim trail
- The school raised money to build a trim trail for the students.
- use the trim trail
- Local people use the trim trail every morning before work.
- trim trail equipment
- The trim trail equipment was replaced after ten years.
Synonyms and how they differ
- fitness trail
- Fitness trail is the more common term in American English; trim trail is typically British.
- exercise trail
- Exercise trail is a general term that can refer to any outdoor exercise path, while trim trail often implies fixed wooden stations.
- parcourse
- Parcourse is a less common, more formal term for a fitness trail with stations, often used in older texts.
Word family
- trim adjective
- In good physical shape; fit and slim.
Commonly confused: trim trail or trail?
trim trail vs trail
A trail is just a path; a trim trail specifically includes exercise equipment or stations.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'trim trail' correctly?
Choose one answer.
A trim trail is an outdoor fitness path with exercise stations, so option 1 fits. Option 0 is wrong because a trim trail is not just any mountain hiking path. Option 2 confuses 'trim' as a verb with the noun phrase. Option 3 is unrelated to the meaning.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “trim trail”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.