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   desert

   /ˈdɛzət/

   noun

   • 1. a waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically one covered with sand: "the desert of the Sinai peninsula is a harsh place" Similar wastelandwastewildernesswildsdust bowlbarren land
   • ▪ a situation or place considered dull and uninteresting: "a cultural desert" Similar uninteresting place/periodunproductive place/periodwasteland
   • 2. a flock of lapwings: rare "a desert of lapwings rises from a ploughed field"

   adjective

   • 1. like a desert: "overgrazing has created desert conditions" Similar ariddrymoisturelessdried upparchedscorchedburnthotburningtorridbarrenbarestarkuncultivatableinfertilenon-fertileunproductiveunfruitfuldehydratedsterileOpposite fertile
   • ▪ uninhabited and desolate: "desert wastes" Similar uninhabitedemptysolitarylonelydesolatebleakdismalwastewilduncultivateduntendeduntilled

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from late Latin desertum ‘something left waste’, neuter past participle of deserere ‘leave, forsake’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. desertic adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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