Meaning Of The Word Dust bowl

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dust bowl
countable noun: A dust bowl is an area of land, especially in the southern or central United States, that is dry and arid because the soil has been eroded by the wind.
noun
noun: a semiarid area in which the surface soil is exposed to wind erosion and dust storms occur

Dust Bowl in American English
any arid region characterized by the occurrence of frequent dust storms
region in SC U.S., including parts of Okla. & Tex., where eroded topsoil was blown away by winds during a drought in the 1930s
noun: the region in the S central U.S. that suffered from dust storms in the 1930s

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