desert
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈdɛzərt/
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desierto
- It's a monument out in the middle of the desert in California.
- desert habitat
- desert soil
- desert tortoise
It's a monument out in the middle of the desert in California.
- It's a monument out in the middle of the desert in California.
- Also being out there in the desert is sheer hell, man.
- Yeah, even if you go to the desert, this is the price you pay.
- And when I was in the desert, it was super quiet.
- They say they live in this horrible desert section eating lizards.
- And if you look straight across the desert, that's Groom Lake Mountain range.
- Going off, you know, even the monks in the desert didn't do it on their own.
- And that deity represents foreigners, chaos, the desert, and ostensibly evil.
- blood brick monasteries in the deserts and the mountains of Egypt.
- I always died in the desert trying to take photos for this.
Examples
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There I was out in the middle of the desert, and I was trying to think things out.
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Travelers often take long journeys through the desert in search of oases.
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And when I was in the desert, it was super quiet.
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Where is the largest desert in the world located?
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We're 2,000 feet up in the middle of the desert.
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Walking Far has been telling us all about survival in the desert.
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We captured two kids who were wandering in the desert.
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People from the Afar tribe have lived in this desert region for hundreds of years.
Academic text (2011) -
The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, covering much of North Africa.
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In the desert, plants and animals have adapted to survive with minimal water.
Synonyms
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5.1
Land that gets very little rain and has no irrigation
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5.0
A very dry area of land with little or no plant life
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3.9
An area of land with little water and few plants
Compounds
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A very dry area in southern California and nearby states with plants like Joshua trees and animals
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A large dry area in northern China and southern Mongolia with few plants and strong winds
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A US-led military attack in 1991 that quickly forced Iraq's army out of Kuwait
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A large dry region in southwestern Arizona, southeastern California, and northwestern Mexico with many saguaro cacti
- US
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A small hopping animal that lives in deserts, often in North America and Mexico, and eats seeds
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A large land turtle with a round shell that lives in burrows to escape desert heat
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A small plant with a thick swollen stem and bright pink or white flowers grown in warm places
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A large dry area of sand in northwest India and southeast Pakistan with little plant life
A desert in northwestern Nevada with a large flat dry lakebed and an annual arts festival
A dry area in southeast California with very hot weather and special desert plants and animals
A desert plant with deep pink, tube-shaped flowers that open in the evening
A nickname for the German general Erwin Rommel who led forces in North Africa during World War II
- US
A low shrub that grows in salty, dry soil with blue-green prickly leaves often used for Christmas decoration
A small lizard with a long tail that lives in hot dry deserts and sits in the sun on rocks
A wild flower with bell-shaped orange, red or yellow blooms on short stems in dry places
A small tree that grows in dry places and has long narrow leaves and purple flowers
A plant in dry western United States areas with straight stems and groups of bright red and orange flowers
- Australian
A low bushy plant from dry parts of Australia with bright red flowers and a black spot
- US
A plant that lives for several years with thick yellow flower spikes and blue-green divided leaves
A slender hairy plant with golden-yellow flowers that grows in sandy deserts
A large dry area in southern California and western Arizona with hot weather and Joshua trees
A large dry area east of the Indus River in northwest India and southeast Pakistan
A large flat area of salt and dry land in north central Iran, also called Dasht-e Kavir
An arid flat area of sand and rock in the northeast of Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea
A very large dry area in southern Argentina that is one of the world's biggest deserts
A very large dry area in southern Syria, western Iraq, eastern Jordan and northern Saudi Arabia
- Australian
A short Australian plant from dry inland areas with bright red flowers and black centres
A dry area in Turkmenistan south of the Aral Sea with large areas of sand and few plants
How Dry
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Desert (land) comes from an old word meaning 'abandoned' or 'left alone', so a desert is a place people left long ago and where very little grows.