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: very dry
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And bone-dry vegetation means a new fire could ignite and any moment. Brandon Miller, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025 The rain should help alleviate the bone-dry conditions that have helped spread multiple wildfires across the region this month. Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025 His humorous, bone-dry documentary gets at more than most, first by being a meta-confessional about how his own efforts to make a conventional movie failed. Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025 Strong Santa Ana winds and bone-dry conditions combined to heighten fire risks. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bone-dry 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of bone-dry was in the 15th century

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“Bone-dry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bone-dry. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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