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Dry Wash

Definition: Dry Wash

Dry Wash

Noun

1. (western United States) the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Dry Wash

DomainDefinition

Building & Civil Engineering

A stone, concrete, corduroyed, or other firm surface taking a road through a stream. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A wash that carries water only at infrequent intervals and for shortperiods, as after a heavy rainfall. CF:arroyo. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Dry Wash

Synonym: wash (n). (additional references)

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Photo Album: Dry Wash

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Dry wash in the desert in Sandoval County, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dry Wash

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dry wash

27

dry wash and guard

6

dry wash n guard

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Dry Wash

Language Translations for "dry wash"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

vadested (ford, Irish bridge, watercourse, watersplash). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

doorwaadbare plaats (ford, ford crossing, Irish bridge, watercourse, watersplash), voorde (ford, Irish bridge, watercourse, watersplash), voord (ford, Irish bridge, watercourse, watersplash). (various references)

   

French

  

gué. (various references)

   

German

  

Furt (ford). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

έραμα πόρος (ford, Irish bridge, watercourse, watersplash). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hegyi vízmosás száraz medre. (various references)

   

Italian

  

guado (Ford, passing, woad). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ydray ashway

   

Portuguese

  

vau (wade). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

vado (crossing, Ford, way out). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vadställe (Ford, pass), vad (appeal, bet, calf, Ford, hey, how, seine, that, wager, what). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự giặt không l . (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Dry Wash

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-h-r-s-w-y"

-1 letter: hydras.

-2 letters: dashy, draws, drays, hards, hardy, hydra, shady, shard, sward, wards, washy, yards.

-3 letters: ashy, awry, dahs, dash, daws, days, draw, dray, drys, hard, haws, hays, rads, rash, raws, rays, ryas, sard, shad, shaw, shay, sway, wads, wady, ward, wars, wary, wash, ways, whys, yard, yaws.

-4 letters: ads, ars, ash, ays, dah, daw.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-h-r-s-w-y"
 

+1 letter: haywards.

 

+3 letters: dwarfishly, switchyard.

 

+4 letters: switchyards.

 

+5 letters: shadowgraphy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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