dust bowl

1. 1.

   a region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s

   Broadergeographical area

   Part ofGreat Plains

Questions about dust bowl

What does dust bowl mean?

dust bowl means "a region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s".

Is dust bowl a common word?

dust bowl is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.