parched soil
Bone-dry ground cover
Parched soil is ground so dry it has lost nearly all moisture, often cracked and hardened from drought or intense heat.
The phrase appears in agriculture, ecology, and figurative contexts describing barren conditions: Rain finally fell on the parched soil after months of drought.
Parched emphasizes extreme dryness beyond ordinary dry soil.
- crackedHaving surface fractures
- cracked earthDried ground with fissures
- dustyCoated with fine particles
- bone dryTotally devoid of moisture
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
drought conditions · arid · dry · dust bowl · barren · thirsty · desert · scorched · scorched earth · withered · famine · clay · earth · sun-baked · brittle · hardpan · fissures · desolate
parched soilwaterlogged soil
Dirt saturated with moisture
swampy ground · moist soil · damp earth · wet soil · wet earth
parched soilfertile soil
Nutrient-rich growing medium
loamy soil · arable land · black earth · topsoil · garden soil