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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
desert island
noun
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▪ But for the moment, it seems he isn't the luxury most women want to take on a desert island with them.
▪ But he was no more comfortable on the radio programme than he would have been on the real desert island.
▪ Carwyn seemed like a castaway on a desert island.
▪ His bookishness became useful when he began to study magic on the desert island.
▪ If you were abandoned on a desert island, you would have total personal sovereignty to do exactly what you want.
▪ One person can live on a desert island without leader-ship.
▪ The witch Sycorax, who died shortly before Prospero arrived, had enchanted the desert island.
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desert island

n. An uninhabited island, especially one in the tropics

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Desert island

A desert island, deserted island or uninhabited island is an island that is not populated by humans. Uninhabited islands are often used in movies or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as stereotypes for the idea of " paradise". Some uninhabited islands are protected as nature reserves and some are privately owned. Devon Island in Canada is claimed to be the largest uninhabited island in the world.

Small coral atolls or islands usually have no source of fresh water, but at times a fresh water lens ( Ghyben–Herzberg lens) can be reached with a well.

Desert Island (album)

Desert Island is the debut album of German cross-cultural new-age band Cusco.

Usage examples of "desert island".

If this is a desert island, we shall have to live very much like the wild beasts, for we have not a tool of any kind, not even a knife.