OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 43490

desert island

/ˈdɛz.ɚt.aɪlənd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
isla desierta
A deserted island, an uninhabited island, especially one in the tropics and (now frequently misunderstood as) a small and almost entirely sandy desert.
Desert islands cannot harbour treachery, even from the enemy hidden within man himself.
What would I take with me to a desert island?
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