hot spring

noun

: a spring whose water issues at a temperature higher than that of its surroundings

Examples of hot spring in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Westin Reserva Conchal offers tours to Palo Verde National Park, Rincón de la Vieja National Park, and the Arenal Volcano and hot springs, among other options. — Gina Kramer, USA Today, 25 July 2026

Last year, a bison tragically boiled to death after stumbling into one of Yellowstone's hot springs. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

While the area was formerly covered by prehistoric lakes, today the water here mainly exists as seasonal wetlands, gurgling geysers, hot springs, and a hypersaline lake that’s saltier than the ocean. — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2026

At the dawn of the twentieth century, Texas was booming with boomtowns—Houston, say, where a hop, skip, and twenty or so miles got one to Cypress, a fountain not of oil but of hot springs. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1572, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hot spring

• bowstring
• coiling
• downswing
• drawstring
• forewing
• hamstring
• lapwing
• mainspring
• offspring
• plaything
• shoestring
• texting

Kids Definition

hot spring

noun

: a spring whose water flows out at a temperature higher than the average temperature of the place where the spring is located