Noun: drought drawt
- A shortage of rainfall
"farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season";
- drouth
- 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