Dust Bowl (Noun)
Meaning
A region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The Great Plains of the United States suffered greatly during the 1930s due to the devastating effects of the Dust Bowl.
- Farmers in the region struggled to maintain their crops as massive dust storms ravaged the land, earning it the nickname the Dust Bowl.
- The massive dust storms that swept across the country created what is now known as the Dust Bowl, causing widespread famine and poverty.
- As the severe drought persisted, the once fertile land transformed into the desolate and barren landscape known as the Dust Bowl.
- Historians still study the environmental and economic impacts of the Dust Bowl, one of the worst environmental disasters in American history.