desert
noun
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all.
desertlike
-
a word derived from
desert.
Example Sentences
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Cool as cucumber seltzer, the hometown favorites helped the still-gathering crowd beat the midday heat as temperatures approached 80 degrees — desertlike conditions for resident mossbacks.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
The landscape was barren and desertlike, the heat intense even at night.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 18, 2019
With the Osoyoos Indian Band as majority owner, Nk’Mip features Native American culture on a desertlike complex that includes a native cultural center and a conference center resort.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2018
Electric-yellow houses dot desertlike stretches, and cactuses along the dusty roads resemble grand pipe cleaners.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2012
The truth, which I can’t avoid acknowledging when I’m in those vast, desertlike stretches between afternoon breaks, is that I’m just amusing myself, and in what seems like a pretty harmless way.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
