Collocations for desert - noun
ADJ.
arid, barren, dry
green fields surrounded by arid desert
green fields surrounded by arid desert
vast | inhospitable | Arctic, polar | cultural
(figurative) The theatre and cinema closed and the town became a cultural desert.
(figurative) The theatre and cinema closed and the town became a cultural desert.
VERB + DESERT
become, turn into/to
The land loses its protective cover of vegetation and soon turns into desert.
The land loses its protective cover of vegetation and soon turns into desert.
cross
He became the first person to cross the desert on foot.
He became the first person to cross the desert on foot.
DESERT + VERB
stretch
The desert stretched for endless miles on all sides of us.
The desert stretched for endless miles on all sides of us.
DESERT + NOUN
area, country, land, landscape, region
vast tracts of desert land
vast tracts of desert land
conditions | heat | sand, soil | floor, surface | plain | animal, plant
PREP.
across/through the ~
their journey across the desert
their journey across the desert
in the ~
cold nights in the desert
cold nights in the desert
into the ~
He drove off into the desert.
He drove off into the desert.