'Karroo' definitions:
Definition of 'Karroo'
From: GCIDE
- Karroo \Kar*roo"\ (k[.a]r*r[=oo]"), n.; pl. Karroos (k[.a]r*r[=oo]z"). One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise terracelike to considerable elevations. [Also karoo.] [1913 Webster]
- The Great Karroo, or The Karroo, a vast plateau, in Cape Colony, stretching through five degrees of longitude, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'karroo'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Arabia Deserta,
- barren,
- barren land,
- barrens,
- brush,
- bush,
- Death Valley,
- desert,
- desolation,
- dust bowl,
- heath,
- howling wilderness,
- lunar landscape,
- lunar waste,
- outback,
- Sahara,
- salt flat,
- waste,
- wasteland,
- weary waste,
- wild,
- wilderness,
- wilds