deserts

Homophones

• (noun 2, verb) desserts

Noun 1

Singular desert

Plural deserts

The deserts of Australia

1. The plural form of desert; more than one (kind of) desert.

   There are many deserts in the world.

Noun 2

Singular desert

Plural deserts

1. (uncountable) (usually plural) Your deserts are the things that are owed to you, often because you did something bad.

   A zero on the text is his just deserts for cheating.

Related words and phrases

• deserve

Verb

Plain form desert

Third-person singular deserts

Past tense deserted

Past participle deserted

Present participle deserting

1. The third-person singular form of desert.