arroyo
noun
(chiefly in southwest U.S.) a small steep-sided watercourse or gulch with a nearly flat floor: usually dry except after heavy rains.
arroyos
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pluralof arroyo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Hike back down the Beach Trail from the visitors center through chaparral and sandy bluffs to the shore at Flat Rock, where rain has eroded deep arroyos into the 300-foot sandstone escarpments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
To steer clear of the surveillance towers, people have pushed deeper into the mountains and now hunker down in arroyos and other crevices in the desert for longer periods of time.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2022
Washes and arroyos – drainage channels that are dry except during heavy rainstorms – can turn into raging currents within minutes, strong enough to carry away cars and people.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2021
It winds through an arid landscape of garbage-strewn arroyos, yucca and sagebrush, without paved roads or sewerage.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
The earth was eroded to gray clay, and deep arroyos cut through the length of the valley between the mesas.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
