Usually means: Arid, sparse vegetation, low rainfall.
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We found 45 dictionaries that define the word desert:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. desert: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. desert, desert, desert: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. desert, desert, desert: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. desert: Collins English Dictionary
  5. desert: Vocabulary.com
  6. Desert, desert: Wordnik
  7. desert: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. desert: Wiktionary
  9. desert: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. desert: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. desert: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. desert: Dictionary.com
  13. desert (n.1), desert (n.2), desert (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. desert: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Desert (Paces song), Desert (band), Desert (disambiguation), Desert (particle physics), Desert (philosophy), Desert: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Desert: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. desert: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. desert: Rhymezone
  19. Desert: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. desert: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. desert: Free Dictionary
  22. desert: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. desert: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. desert: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. desert: Law.com Dictionary
  2. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. desert: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. desert: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Desert: Africa Glossary
  2. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  4. desert: Idioms
  5. desert: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Desert: Easton Bible
  2. Desert: Catholic Encyclopedia
  3. Desert: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. desert: Dictionary of Geology

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. desert: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. desert, the desert: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See deserted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (usually in the plural) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward.
noun:  A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
noun:  (informal) In particular, a barren, arid area of land which is hot, with sandy, rocky, or parched ground.
noun:  (figuratively) Any barren place or situation.
adjective:  Usually of a place: abandoned, deserted, or uninhabited.
verb:  To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
verb:  To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.
noun:  Obsolete form of dessert. [The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.]

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