Meaning & use
drought
A long period of unusually low rainfall that leads to a shortage of water.
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The drought forced farmers to ration water carefully across their fields.
Reservoir levels dropped sharply during the third year of the drought.
A note on using this word
Drought can also be used figuratively for a prolonged lack of something, as in 'a scoring drought' in sports.
Words with a similar meaning
dry spell
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