My throat was bone-dry.
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Bone-dry
Synonyms for "bone-dry" (14 found)
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18 translations across 13 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κατάξηρος adj (totally dry)
Bulgarian
2 entries- безводен adj (totally dry)
- екстремно сух adj (totally dry)
Czech
1 entries- suchý jako troud adj (totally dry)
Dutch
3 entries- beendroog adj (totally dry)
- gortdroog adj (totally dry)
- kurkdroog adj (totally dry)
Esperanto
1 entries- sekega adj (totally dry)
Finnish
1 entries- rutikuiva adj (totally dry)
German
1 entries- knochentrocken adj (totally dry)
Greek
1 entries- κατάξερος adj (totally dry)
Hungarian
1 entries- csontszáraz adj (totally dry)
Irish
1 entries- tirim sácráilte adj (totally dry)
Polish
1 entries- suchy jak wiór adj (totally dry)
Spanish
1 entries- más seco que el ojo de un tuerto adj (totally dry)
Swedish
3 entries- peppartorr adj (totally dry)
- snustorr adj (totally dry)
- torr som fnöske adj (totally dry)
Sample sentences
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Libya enjoys a Mediterranean climate near the coast, but inland lies a bone-dry, sandy desert. Only about 1 percent of Libya’s land is arable, and only a fraction of that land supports permanent crops. The sandy desert provides plentiful material for dust storms.
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