drought
a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall leading to a water shortage
Word origin: From Old English drugath, dryness.
Drought in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing drought in a sentence.
The drought devastated the farming communities across the region for three consecutive summers.
The prolonged drought forced farmers across the region to abandon their winter planting.
Using “drought” well
Drought literally denotes an extended rainfall shortage but extends figuratively to any prolonged scarcity, as in a drought of new ideas. Note the spelling, which often trips up writers.
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