desert

Definition

Examples

Tourists can join a camel ride across the desert at sunset.

Word Family

Synonyms

• wastelandan uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

Collocations

• Easy hot desert climate
  describing hot desert climate (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning)
• Medium cross the Sahara desert safely
  to cross the Sahara desert safely, meaning to travel across or pass over
• Hard desert one's post during a crisis
  to desert one's post during a crisis, meaning to leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
• Very Hard get one's just deserts in court
  to obtain, receive, or reach regarding one's just deserts in court