dust bowl

noun

: a region that suffers from prolonged droughts and dust storms

Examples of dust bowl in a Sentence

They left the dust bowl and moved west.
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This film is about the dust bowl of Oklahoma in the 1930’s. Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024 This flawless specimen of wealth and style and enters this dust bowl. Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 As a result, much of Maui's west side became a dry dust bowl susceptible to wildfires. John Wogan, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2024 Well, that was because of all the people that came from the dust bowl out to California to work in the aeronautics industry. New Atlas, 10 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for dust bowl 

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dust bowl was in 1935

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“Dust bowl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20bowl. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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dust bowl

noun
: a region that suffers from long droughts and dust storms

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