wadi
noun
the channel of a watercourse that is dry except during periods of rainfall.
wadis
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pluralof wadi.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The results showed the tools were likely to have been used approximately 84 thousand years ago and then abandoned on the banks of the wadis and subsequently buried over time.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2023
Access to the area is expected to be difficult after the rainy season starts because large streams, known as wadis, are set to cut it off from supplies.
From Reuters ● May 23, 2023
As we crossed a few dried-out wadis, or rivers, on our way to Borota, raindrops appeared and puddles began to form.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2023
The sediment layers include muddy, silty deposits from roaring rivers called wadis that form in the desert during once-every-quarter-century rains.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 24, 2022
The High Hall of the Arryns was aglow with the light of fifty torches, burning in the sconces along the wadis.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
