desert island

noun

a small remote tropical island

Words nearby desert island

desert boots, desert cooler, desert culture, desert fathers, desert iguana, desert island, desert locust, desert lynx, desert oak, desert pea, desert rat

Example sentences from the Web for desert island

  • I am not saying that a boy would really be happy for long, whether on a desert-island or elsewhere, without his father and mother.

    If I May |A. A. Milne

  • At first the presence and activities of Prue had added a tang of much-needed spice to this desert-island existence.

    In a Little Town |Rupert Hughes

  • As long as a desert-island book contains certain ingredients, I do not mind if other superfluous matter creeps in.

    If I May |A. A. Milne