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desert islands

desert islands is the plural of desert island.

Meaning of desert island

Noun

desert island (plural desert islands)

  1. A deserted island, an uninhabited island, especially one in the tropics and (now frequently misunderstood as) a small and almost entirely sandy desert.
    • What would I take with me to a desert island?
  2. An island that is completely or mostly a desert, an arid island.
    • Why are you marooning me on a desert island? It's probably full of guano. Can't I go somewhere nice?
  3. (attributive, figuratively) Describing a thing considered so personally indispensable or beloved that one could never tire of it, used especially for books and music.
    • No, no, no. It's a thought experiment. Your desert island books are the one or five or ten books that you could always learn from and never get sick of.

Questions about desert islands

What is desert islands the plural of?
Desert islands is the plural of desert island.

Words near desert islands in the dictionary

  1. desert holly
  2. Desert Hot Springs
  3. desert ironwood
  4. desert ironwoods
  5. desert island
  6. desert islands
  7. desert kit fox
  8. desert kit foxes
  9. desert kite
  10. desert kites
  11. desert lark

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