Definition of desert

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • desert is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
  • desert is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
  • desert is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7

Definition of desert


  • desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army (verb)

    Examples

    1. If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot

    Synonyms

    1. defect
  • leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch (verb)

    Examples

    1. The mother deserted her children

    Synonyms

    1. abandon
    2. desolate
    3. forsake
  • arid land with little or no vegetation (noun)
  • leave behind (verb)

    Examples

    1. the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period
  • (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment (noun)

See definition of desert in Merriam Webster