MOJAVE DESERT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mojave Desert mean? 

• MOJAVE DESERT (noun)
  The noun MOJAVE DESERT has 1 sense:

1. a desert area in southern California and western Arizona

  Familiarity information: MOJAVE DESERT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOJAVE DESERT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A desert area in southern California and western Arizona

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Mohave; Mohave Desert; Mojave; Mojave Desert

Instance hypernyms:

desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)

Meronyms (parts of "Mojave Desert"):

Death Valley (a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada; contains the lowest point in North America)

Holonyms ("Mojave Desert" is a part of...):

Arizona; AZ; Grand Canyon State (a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon)

CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)

 Context examples 

The scientists used the Goldstone Solar System Radar in California's Mojave Desert to track the comet.

(Comet Flying by Earth Observed with Radar and Infrared, NASA)

Last year, the researchers documented a collapse of bird communities in the Mojave Desert over the last century – 29% of the 135 species that were present 100 years ago are less common and less widespread today.

(Collapse of desert bird populations likely due to heat stress from climate change, National Science Foundation)

The birds the model predicted would require the most extra water today, compared to 100 years ago, were the species that declined the most in the Mojave Desert, straddling the border between California and Nevada, over the past century.

(Collapse of desert bird populations likely due to heat stress from climate change, National Science Foundation)