adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
arid (= with very little rain )
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Very little can grow in this arid desert.
arid (= very dry )
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Very few plants can flourish in such an arid climate.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
land
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The presence of such oases made human travel and nomadic existence possible in arid lands .
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Please have some pity on the area, which is the arid land area of the country.
region
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The pattern of light and dark areas represents variation in rock type and surface weathering in this arid region .
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In arid regions , rainfall above the average one year will produce a particularly thick annual ring.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an arid climate
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Much of Namibia is arid country and only fit for raising goats.
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The region is an arid wasteland.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Balloon pilot John Bagwell likes to surprise tourists with this unexpected greenery in the arid center of Arizona.
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In the arid summer, the landscape becomes brown and dusty.
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The birds inhabit tropical forests, savannah, and arid semi-desert conditions.
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This form developed bipedalism and other adaptations to the newly opening arid savannah landscape and eventually became the ancestor of man.