drought
Meaning of drought
noun
- a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
the cause of Europe's recent droughts
crops have failed because of drought
- thirst.
I asked for something to slake my drought
late Old English drūgath ‘dryness’, of Germanic origin; compare with Dutch droogte ; related to dry.
Information about drought
- It is a name.
- The plural form of drought is: droughts.
- Languages in which drought is used:
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Hyphenation of drought
drought
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- drought is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
drought synonyms
Meaning drouth:
Translation of drought
- German: Dürre
- French: sécheresse
- Italian: siccità
- Portuguese: secas
- Spanish: sequía
Anagrams of drought
Words that rhyme with drought
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