"dustbowl" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: dustbowls [plural]
Etymology: dust + bowl Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dust|bowl}} dust + bowl Head templates: {{en-noun}} dustbowl (plural dustbowls)
  1. An area which abounds in dust and which is very dry. Translations (area which abounds in dust): tomumyrskyalue (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-dustbowl-en-noun-51blL3MC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 39 19 Disambiguation of 'area which abounds in dust': 80 15 5
  2. The central region of the United States during the 1930s.
    Sense id: en-dustbowl-en-noun-1OGYgwDi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 39 19
  3. The 1930s period.
    Sense id: en-dustbowl-en-noun-ImZ7GNPZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 39 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dust bowl

Inflected forms

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