a desert plateau of hard, wind-swept bedrock covered with a thin layer of sand, pebbles, etc.
hammada
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hammada
noun
An extensive upland desert surface consisting either of bare bedrock or of bedrock covered by a thin layer of pebbles.
Origin of hammada
Arabic hammādaTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
- a desert with a rocky surface
- a stony desert
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Sentence Examples
- The highest peaks, going from north to south, are Jebels Gharib, Dukhan, Es Shayib, Fatira, Abu Tiur, Zubara and Hammada (Hamata).