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Definition: Dry Wash |
Dry WashNoun1. (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. |
| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
Synonym: Dry WashSynonym: wash (n). (additional references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & 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. | |||
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency 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. | |
| 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 vau (wade). (various references) vado (crossing, Ford, way out). (various references) vadställe (Ford, pass), vad (appeal, bet, calf, Ford, hey, how, seine, that, wager, what). (various references) sự giặt không l . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. | |
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