Definitions
A level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely.
Word origin
Borrowed from Spanish playa (“beach”). Doublet of plage.
Used in a sentence
“Beyond the valley below lay a playa, a vast dried-white lake bed, its ends reaching farther than they could see.”
““We are also deploying buses to Gerlach to take people to Reno who might walk off the playa. See our recommendations on when walking is viable or not. This is not likely a 24-hour operation at this time.””
“In the end, all the things Grace claimed to like about Marlon—that he was not a ‘playa’, that he was gentle and awkward and not interested in money—were all the reasons she left him.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Desert basin”5 letters
02“Dry lake bed”5 letters
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