semidesert en · NOUN
Etymology
From semi- + desert.
Meanings
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A semiarid region, approaching desert conditions.
The attacks throw a region sundered by conflict into still deeper chaos as a volatile mix of rebels, government forces and ethnic militias jockey to control a vast and unforgiving stretch of semidesert that straddles the two troubled countries.
2008 February 11, Lydia Polgreen, “Attacks Pushing Darfur Refugees Into Chad”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| semi-desert | alternative | lexicographic | |
| semideserts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (12)
cs polopoušť (semiarid region, approaching desert) · fi puoliaavikko (semiarid region, approaching desert) · es semidesierto (semiarid region, approaching desert) · alt јарымдай чӧл (semiarid region, approaching desert) · ru полупусты́ня (semiarid region, approaching desert) · ro semideșert (semiarid region, approaching desert) · de Halbwüste (semiarid region, approaching desert) · nn halvørken (semiarid region, approaching desert) · pl półpustynia (semiarid region, approaching desert) · it semideserto (semiarid region, approaching desert) · it subdeserto (semiarid region, approaching desert) · nb halvørken (semiarid region, approaching desert)