Betekenis van:
drought
drought
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- watergebrek
- a shortage of rainfall
"farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- Drought was credited with the poor crop.
- She died of thirst during the drought.
- The drought damaged all the crops there.
- Many trees died during the long drought.
- The long drought was followed by famine.
- Many peasants died during the drought.
- Because of the drought, the grass has withered.
- The spell of drought did severe damage to the harvest.
- The drought may tell on the harvest this year.
- The unprecedented drought did severe damage to the wheat harvest.
- The drought did severe damage to the harvest.
- The drought has done great harm to the crops.
- In the drought, many people and animals starved to death.
- The prolonged drought did severe damage to crops.
- The drought led to an insufficiency of food.