desert island
noun/ˌdezət ˈaɪlənd/
/ˌdezərt ˈaɪlənd/
- a tropical island where no people live
- Robinson Crusoe is cast away on a desert island for 28 years.
Word Origindesert ultimately from Latin desertus ‘abandoned, deserted’; in later use treated as an attributive use of desert ‘area of land’.Want to learn more?
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