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drought
What does drought mean?
drought (noun): a shortage of rainfall.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use drought in a sentence?
- Farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce drought?
/dɹaʊt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does drought come from?
From Middle English droughte, droghte, drouȝte, from Old English drūgaþ.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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