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KAVIR DESERT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A salt desert in north central Iran
Synonyms:
Dasht-e-Kavir; Great Salt Desert; Kavir Desert
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
desert (arid land with little or no vegetation)
Holonyms ("Kavir Desert" is a part of...):
Iran; Islamic Republic of Iran; Persia (a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil)