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- Dictionarydesert/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
- 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 Opposite
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The concept of "biological desert" redefines the concept of desert, without the characteristic of aridity, not lacking water, but instead lacking life. Such places can be so-called "ocean deserts", which are mostly at the centers of gyres , but also hypoxic or anoxic waters such as dead zones .
DESERT definition: 1. an area, often covered with sand or rocks, where there is very little rain and not many plants…. Learn more.
1. : arid land with usually sparse vegetation. especially : such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of sporadic rainfall annually. 2. : an area of water apparently devoid of life. 3. : a desolate or forbidding area. lost in a desert of doubt. 4. archaic : a wild uninhabited and uncultivated tract.
Sep 11, 2024 · desert, any large, extremely dry area of land with sparse vegetation. It is one of Earth’s major types of ecosystems, supporting a community of distinctive plants and animals specially adapted to the harsh environment. For a list of selected deserts of the world, see below.
Most experts agree that a desert is an area of land that receives no more than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of precipitation a year. The amount of evaporation in a desert often greatly exceeds the annual rainfall. In all deserts, there is little water available for plants and other organisms.
a place that is considered to have no cultural, intellectual, etc. quality or interest: This town is a cultural desert. See more. Fewer examples. The flatness of the desert was broken only by a few large piles of rocks. She gave a hair-raising account of her escape through the desert. Living rough in the desert hardened the recruits a lot.
Desert definition: a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all. See examples of DESERT used in a sentence.
1. A barren or desolate area, especially: a. A dry, often sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperatures, and sparse vegetation. b. A region of permanent cold that is largely or entirely devoid of life. c. An apparently lifeless area of water. 2. An empty or forsaken place; a wasteland: a cultural desert. 3.
noun. /ˈdezət/ /ˈdezərt/ [countable, uncountable] see also deserts. a large area of land that has very little water and very few plants growing on it. Many deserts are covered by sand. the Sahara Desert. Somalia is mostly desert. They travelled many miles across burning desert sands.
DESERT definition: 1. a large, hot, dry area of land with very few plants: 2. to leave someone and never come back…. Learn more.
