Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dust bowl

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

Syllables: dust bowl
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A geographical region of the American Midwest, extending into Canada, that experienced severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage in the 1930s.

name

The period of time in which these storms took place.

Inflected Forms

the Dust Bowl (canonical)

Questions

What does dust bowl mean?: A geographical region of the American Midwest, extending into Canada, that experienced severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage in the 1930s.

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