desert
nounADJ.
arid, barren, dry
green fields surrounded by arid desert| vast | inhospitable | Arctic, polar | cultural
(figurative) The theatre and cinema closed and the town became a cultural desert.VERB + DESERT
become, turn into/to
The land loses its protective cover of vegetation and soon turns into desert.| cross
He became the first person to cross the desert on foot.DESERT + VERB
stretch
The desert stretched for endless miles on all sides of us.DESERT + NOUN
area, country, land, landscape, region
vast tracts of desert land| conditions | heat | sand, soil | floor, surface | plain | animal, plant
PREP.
across/through the ~
their journey across the desert| in the ~
cold nights in the desert| into the ~
He drove off into the desert.