Meaning

1 senses
  1. A riverbed that is often dry and that contains water only during rainy periods.

    Near-synonyms: arroyo, wadi, nahal (synonymous other than regiolectal specificity)

More definitions
  • the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Drying the washing on a fine day in the rainy season; I felt like it was already summer.

    deAls ich die Wäsche an einem heiteren Tag während der Regenzeit trocknete, fühlte es sich an, als sei es schon Sommer. — xtofu80

Forms

plural: dry washes
Singulardry wash
Pluraldry washes

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon):wash

See also

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