dust bowl

noun

: a region that suffers from prolonged droughts and dust storms

Examples of dust bowl in a Sentence

They left the dust bowl and moved west.

Recent Examples on the Web

As a result, much of Maui's west side became a dry dust bowl susceptible to wildfires. — John Wogan, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2024

Sandberg takes this film a little grungier than the rest of the franchise, which matches the 1950s dust bowl setting. — Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025

Well, that was because of all the people that came from the dust bowl out to California to work in the aeronautics industry. — New Atlas, 10 July 2024

Perhaps irony, like water for the swimming pool, is a resource that dries up seasonally in these parts, leaving only a dust bowl of surly resentment and some tatty deckchairs behind. — Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dust bowl

• bankroll
• bedroll
• borehole
• cajole
• catchpole
• charcoal
• condole
• control
• dipole
• downhole
• enroll
• extol

Kids Definition

dust bowl

noun

: a region that suffers from long droughts and dust storms