Desert or dessert: choose the right word
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The noun dessert names a sweet course, such as cake, pie, or fruit salad, that concludes a meal. The noun desert refers to a dry geographic region with sparse vegetation and little annual precipitation. The verb desert means to abandon a post, duty, cause, or companion without permission or support. While the noun desert puts stress on its first syllable, both the food noun dessert and the verb desert put primary stress on the second syllable.
The catering staff prepared a cold lemon dessert for sixty wedding guests.