Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dryland

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: dry-land
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Semi-arid cropping systems in India, and to a greater extent in Indo-China and east Indonesia, use dryland or upland rice when possible during the wet season."

Etymology

From dry + land.

Usage

Inflected Forms

drylands (plural)

Questions

What does dryland mean?: Land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert.
Where does dryland come from?: From dry + land.

How to pronounce dryland

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