Dust-bowl meaning
A region reduced to aridity by drought and dust storms.
noun
Any arid region characterized by the occurrence of frequent dust storms.
noun
(place) Region in SC U.S., including parts of Okla. & Tex., where eroded topsoil was blown away by winds during a drought in the 1930s.
proper name
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Origin of dust-bowl
- After the Dust Bowl , region in the south-central US that was stricken with drought in the 1930s
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition