Drought

Parts Of Speech: Noun

Definition:

A drought is an unusually long period of dry weather.

Synonyms: Similar words

lack	scarcity	aridity
dearth	deficiency	dehydration
desiccation	insufficiency	need

lack

scarcity

aridity

dearth

deficiency

dehydration

desiccation

insufficiency

need

Antonyms: Opposite words

abundance

excess

surplus

Sentences:

Picture-1: Dried out trees

Many trees died during the drought.

Picture-2: Man, dried plants and trees

The drought damaged all the crops in the town.

Picture-3: Dried tree

There is a severe drought problem in Ethiopia.

Picture-4: Houses

The whole village was starved to death during the long drought.