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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a prolonged shortage;
- Example: "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought"
[syn: drought, drouth]

2. a shortage of rainfall;
- Example: "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"
[syn: drought, drouth]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Drouth \Drouth\, n. Same as Drought. --Sandys. [1913 Webster] Another ill accident is drouth at the spindling of corn. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] One whose drouth [thirst], Yet scarce allayed, still eyes the current stream. --Milton. [1913 Webster] In the dust and drouth of London life. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

drouth n 1: a prolonged shortage; "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought" [syn: drought, drouth] 2: a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season" [syn: drought, drouth]