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Noun: dust bowl  'dúst,bówl
  1. A region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s
    "The Dust Bowl forced many farmers to abandon their land and migrate westward"

Derived forms: dust bowls

Type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region

Part of: Great Plains, Great Plains of North America

Encyclopedia: Dust bowl