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de·sert1
 desert1
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- pronunciation:
- de
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- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a very dry, often sandy area with little or no plant growth.
The Sahara Desert is a hot, sandy desert, whereas the Gobi Desert is cold and rocky.
- similar words:
- barrens, dust bowl, waste, wasteland
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| definition 2: |
any barren place with little natural life; wasteland.
- synonyms:
- barrens, waste, wasteland
- similar words:
- badlands, desolation, dust bowl, no man's land, wild, wilderness
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| definition 3: |
a place deficient in some desirable quality.
He finds the place where he's living now to be an intellectual desert.- synonyms:
- wasteland
- similar words:
- desolation, vacuum, void, zero
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of, concerning, or similar to a desert.
Cacti can do well in a desert climate.- synonyms:
- arid, barren, desolate, dry, infertile, parched, scorched, torrid
- antonyms:
- fertile
- similar words:
- bare, empty, sandy, thirsty
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| definition 2: |
found in or native to a desert.
desert flowers |
| related words: |
desolate, waste |
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broader category including desert |
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ecosystem, land |
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plant that lives in deserts |
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cactus |
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some animals that live in deserts |
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camel, lizard, scorpion, snake |
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some descriptions of deserts |
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arid, barren, desolate, dry, forsaken, hot |
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some parts of deserts |
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arroyo, dunes, oasis, sand |
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