desert

[US]/ˈdezət/
[UK]/ˈdezərt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a barren land with little or no vegetation
vt. to abandon or leave behind
vi. to stray or run away

Phrases & Collocations

desert island

sahara desert

gobi desert

taklimakan desert

desert landscape

arabian desert

desert soil

rocky desert

desert storm

sandy desert

desert climate

cold desert

kalahari desert

atacama desert

namib desert

Example Sentences

a mirage in the desert

the blaze of the desert sun.

The Sahara Desert is arid.

maroon sb. on a desert island

a desert of lead-mine spoil.

a desert nomad's austere life.

Desert lands are arid.

It is despicable to desert your children.

A desert lacks water.

There are tracts of desert in Australia.

a pipeline across the desert

Real-world Examples

The corridor outside, seemed to be deserted.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

I'm not going to desert you in the middle of the desert.

Source: Emma's delicious English

Tsaparang lay amidst a vast and arid desert.

Source: Guge: The Disappeared Tibetan Dynasty

The Sahara desert is one of the largest deserts in the world.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

Many of them are in food deserts.

Source: CNN 10 Student English August 2021 Collection

They say the camel is the ship of the desert.

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

What we do is irrigate book deserts.

Source: CNN 10 Student English September 2022 Collection

Services at the desert haven are overburdened.

Source: VOA Standard June 2013 Collection

The entire planet would become a desert.

Source: Travel to the Earth's interior

But sleep seemed to have deserted the pillow of poor Tom.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 4

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