Definition of Dryland

1. Noun. land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dryland

1. relating to an arid region [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dryland

drygulcher
drygulchers
drygulches
drygulching
drying
drying-up
drying agent
drying machine
drying machines
drying oil
drying out
drying time
drying up
dryings
dryish
dryland (current term)
dryland berry
dryland blueberry
drylands
drylot
drylots
dryly
drymouth
drymouths
dryness
drynesses
drynurse
drynursed
drynurses
drynursing

Literary usage of Dryland

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"By ALFRED dryland, Mem. Inst. CE County Surveyor of Surrey, England, Member of the Advisory Engineering Committee of HM Road Board ..."

2. Transactions of the International Engineering Congress, 1915 (1916)
"... dryland, Mem. Inst. CE County Surveyor of Surrey. England, Member of the Advisory Engineering Committee of HM Road Board Kingston-upon-Thames, ..."

3. Household Livelihoods in Semi-arid Regions: Options and Constraints by Bruce Morgan Campbell (2002)
"Secondly, a high proportion of its income is cash (as compared to dryland production). Thirdly, from the labour activities data, it is predominantly women ..."

4. England's Topographer: Or A New and Complete History of the County of Kent by William Henry Ireland (1829)
"It continued in the above name till the reign of Henry VI. when, by an only daughter, the property was conveyed in marriage to James dryland, ..."

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