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DROUTH

• DROUTH (noun)
The noun DROUTH has 2 senses:

1. a prolonged shortage
2. a shortage of rainfall

Familiarity information: DROUTH used as a noun is rare.

• DROUTH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A prolonged shortage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

drouth; drought

Context example:

when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought

Hypernyms ("drouth" is a kind of...):

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A shortage of rainfall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

drought; drouth

Context example:

farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season

Hypernyms ("drouth" is a kind of...):

dryness; waterlessness; xerotes (the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water))

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(Arabic proverb)
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(Egyptian proverb)

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