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semidesert

semidesert noun: a semiarid region, approaching desert conditions.

Noun

semidesert (plural semideserts)

  1. A semiarid region, approaching desert conditions.
    • The attacks throw a region sundered by conflict into still deeper chaos as a volatile mix of rebels, government forces and ethnic militias jockey to control a vast and unforgiving stretch of semidesert that straddles the two troubled countries.2008 February 11, Lydia Polgreen, “Attacks Pushing Darfur Refugees Into Chad”, in New York Times

semidesert meaning in Tamil

semidesert in Tamil

முற்றாப் பாலைநிலம்

Forms of semidesert

pluralsemideserts
alternative formsemi-desert

Origin of semidesert

From semi- + desert.

Words formed from semidesert

Questions about semidesert

What does semidesert mean?
Semidesert means a semiarid region, approaching desert conditions.
What is semidesert in Tamil?
Semidesert in Tamil is முற்றாப் பாலைநிலம். See Semidesert meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is semidesert?
Semidesert is a noun.
What is the plural of semidesert?
The plural of semidesert is semideserts.

Words near semidesert in the dictionary

  1. semidependent
  2. semidependents
  3. semideponent
  4. semideponents
  5. semiderelict
  6. semidesert
  7. semidesertic
  8. semideserts
  9. semidesperation
  10. semidestructive
  11. semidetached

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semidesert (page history and authors); semidesert (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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