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How to pronounce drought

IPA transcription: [d'ɹaʊt]

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Noun

  • a shortage of rainfall

    “farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season”

  • a prolonged shortage

    “when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought”