playa
(pla-ya)
2 syllables
Definition
noun. the sandy or salty or mudcaked flat floor of a desert basin having interior drainage usually occupied by a shallow lake during or after prolonged heavy rains.
Example Sentence
We walked across the dried-up playa in the desert.
Synonyms
floor of a desert basin; desert basin floor; bed of a desert basin
Antonyms
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Rhymes
- aja
- czaja
- daya
- gaia
- jaya
- maia
- maya
- playa
- via
- araya
- berjaya
- cartaya
- elia
- josiah
- mariah
- messiah
- papaya
- pariah
- rupiah
- vizcaya
- zelaya
- himalaya
- jeremiah
- nehemiah
- obadiah
- plisetskaya
- sovetskaya
- stolichnaya
- zachariah
- zaslavskaya
- zedekiah
- boguslavskaya
- pervomaiskaya
- literaturnaya