коры́то

uncommon #9129

nounneuterinanimatecountable

1.
trough, wash-tub, wash basin
Ба́бушка стира́ла бельё в деревя́нном коры́те.
Grandmother washed the laundry in a wooden trough.
Also in the set phrase «остаться у разбитого корыта» - to be left with nothing.
2.
old banger, rattletrap, old tub (of a boat)
На э́том коры́те мы далеко́ не уе́дем.
We won't get far in this old banger.
Colloquial and derogatory.

Examples

Свиньям в корыто налили пойло.
They poured swill into the trough for the pigs.
На поро́ге сиди́т его стару́ха, а пред нею разби́тое коры́то.
On the doorstep sat his old woman, with the broken wash-tub before her.
Бабушка стирала бельё в старом корыте.
Grandmother washed the laundry in an old wash-tub.
Мать, настиравшая много рубашек, устала стоять у корыта.
Her mother, who had washed many shirts, was tired from standing at the wash tub.
Э́то коры́то, а не маши́на.
This is a piece of junk, not a car.
В музее стоит долблённое корыто из целого ствола.
The museum has a dugout trough made from a single tree trunk.