dry dirt
Frequency: 6.98.9 per million words
soil that lacks moisture
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Examples (10)
- During the drought, the fields were nothing but cracked, dry dirt.
- The seeds won't sprout in such dry dirt; you need to water the soil first.
- The children kicked up clouds of dry dirt as they ran across the playground.
- He sifted through the loose, dry dirt, looking for ancient artifacts.
- The old shack had a floor made of packed, dry dirt.
- The truck's wheels spun uselessly in the dry dirt of the unpaved road.
- I could feel the gritty texture of the dry dirt under my bare feet.
- After the windstorm, a fine layer of dry dirt covered everything on the porch.
- You will need to mix the cement with sand and dry dirt to create the base.
- He poured water onto the patch of dry dirt, watching it quickly turn to dark mud.