DROUTH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A shortage of rainfall

Example:

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

Synonyms:

drought; drouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

Meaning:

A prolonged shortage

Example:

when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought

Synonyms:

drought; drouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

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

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