draa

American

[drah] / drɑ /

noun

Physical Geography. a very large sand dune, especially a long one, sometimes dozens of miles long, several miles wide, and several hundred feet high.

draa Scientific

/ drä /

A large dune measuring up to several hundred kilometers in length and hundreds of meters in height. Smaller dunes often form on their leeward and windward faces.

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noun

draas

plural

Example Sentences

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I thought in course you had been in to draa: but you says different.

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles

"Well, sir, then, if you please, I'll draa that."

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles

“No, sor; the master always tould me to keep any bit of money I might draa from anything I planted extra for me perkisites, that was the understandin’ I had with him.”

From The Ghost Girl by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)

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