| Main Entry: | desert island |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | an isolated tropical island with few or no inhabitants |
| Example: | The best thing about the first season of "Lost" was seeing how the castaways survived on a desert island. |
| Etymology: | 1607 |
| Main Entry: | desert island |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a remote uninhabited tropical island; also written deserted island |
| Example: | A desert island is written about as a place where individuals or small groups of people find themselves marooned or castaway, cut off from civilization. |
| Etymology: | by 1607 |