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bolsons

bolsons is the plural of bolson.

Meaning of bolson

Noun

bolson (plural bolsons)

  1. (Southwestern, US) A relatively flat and arid valley that is surrounded by mountains and that drains into a central basin.
    • In three separate bolsons in West Texas, electrical-resistivity soundings and seismic-refraction profiles have been used . . . to estimate the alluvium thickness and ground-water quality.1974, U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey Research Professional Paper 900, p. 120 (Google preview)

Questions about bolsons

What is bolsons the plural of?
Bolsons is the plural of bolson.

Words near bolsons in the dictionary

  1. bolshy
  2. bolson
  3. Bolson tortoise
  4. Bolson tortoises
  5. Bolsonarism
  6. bolsons
  7. Bolsover
  8. Bolsovian
  9. Bolstad
  10. Bolstads
  11. bolster

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