bone-dry
Without any moisture
Bone-dry means completely without moisture—as dry as a bone bleached in the sun.
It describes things that are thoroughly dried out: The riverbed was bone-dry by August.
The term extends to contexts where liquid is expected but absent: The well ran bone-dry, We came home to find the liquor cabinet bone-dry.
To leave behind completely
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- barrenUnable to produce
- wastelandUninhabitable barren region
scorching · sunbaked · dusty · waterless · outback · dunes · heatwave · evaporation
Severely lacking moisture
- shriveledContracted from moisture loss
- wizenedShrunken from age
- mummifiedPreserved by desiccation
- brittleLiable to shatter
crispy · withered · jerky · biltong · prosciutto · dried-out · papery · leathery
Extremely dry or thirsty
- dehydratedSeverely lacking moisture
- gaspingBreathing in sharp gulps
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- thirstingYearning intensely for
cottonmouth · desperate · ravenous · sweltering · sweaty · panting · gulping
desert
To leave behind completely
wasteland · scorching · sunbaked · dusty · waterless · outback · dunes · heatwave · evaporation · cracked
dehydrated
Severely lacking moisture
brittle · crispy · withered · jerky · biltong · prosciutto · dried-out · papery · leathery · husk
parched
Extremely dry or thirsty
- dehydratedSeverely lacking moisture
- gaspingBreathing in sharp gulps
- cravingPowerful urge to have
thirsting · cottonmouth · desperate · ravenous · sweltering · sweaty · panting · gulping
brut
Unsweetened sparkling wine designation
unsweet · acidic · still · chardonnay · sauvignon · finish · astringent · palate · vineyard · sommelier
- drynessarid, aridity, dehydrated, desiccated, desiccation
- hyphenated wordsup-to-date, pitch-black, jaw-dropping, round-the-clock, air-conditioned
- desertsand, sand dunes, sand dune, dune, dunes
- desertsSahara, Gobi, Mojave, Namib, Kalahari
- weather wordssunny, rainy, cloudy, windy, drizzle
bone-drysoaking wet
Saturated with liquid
drenched · saturated · waterlogged · sopping wet · sodden
dry, bone, bones, bony, dryness, drying, dryly, boniness, osteoporosis