drought

About 5.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.

   His village had faced a drought twice.

2. noun A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.

   Sri Lanka ended their ten-game drought with a consolation win over Bangladesh.

3. noun dryness, aridness, dry heat

Similar words

desertification dryland water dewatering dehydration hydric land drying desiccation aridity

Often followed by

and in of or conditions is years was resistance

Word family

droughtier droughtiest droughtiness droughtinesses droughts droughty drouth drouths