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1. A shortage of rainfall
   "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season";
   - drouth
    
2. A prolonged shortage
   "when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought";
   - drouth

Derived forms: droughts

Type of: dryness, period, period of time, time period, time span, waterlessness, xerotes

Encyclopedia: Drought