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as dry as a bone
(also bone dry)Definition
(Definition of as dry as a bone from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Dry weather, arid conditions & dryness
Synonyms and related words:
- arid adjective
- bone dry idiom
- dehydrate verb
- desertification noun
- desiccated adjective
- desiccation noun
- dried verb
- drought noun
- dry (sth) out phrasal verb
- dry adjective (NOT WET)
- dry up phrasal verb (WATER)
- dry verb
- frazzled adjective (BURNED)
- parched adjective (VERY DRY)
- sandstorm noun
- scorched adjective
- semi-arid adjective
- subarid adjective
- sun-baked adjective
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