hot spring

noun

Definition of hot springnext
as in spring

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Recent Examples of hot spring The spa There isn’t a spa on site, but there is a hot spring and sauna that happens to serve as the perfect Northern Lights viewing spot (aside from your room). — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2026 The animals have been seen on airport runways, walking on golf courses, roaming near schools and causing panic in supermarkets and hot spring resorts almost on a daily basis. — CBS News, 9 June 2026 There are these natural mineral hot springs that actually have a really interesting history. — AFAR Media, 15 May 2026 Workshops, massages, meditation and natural hot spring baths anchor the experience, with farm-to-table buffet meals offered in omnivorous or vegan options. — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for hot spring
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hot spring
  1. spring
  2. headspring
  3. fountain
  4. geyser
  5. wellspring
  6. fountainhead
Noun
  • Whereas 20 years ago, banks began recruiting for summer interns in the spring, today the process begins two years ahead of time.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • On Friday, Deadline reported that Smith and Gillespie have been cast as leads in Season 2 of the Crave Original, which is set to premiere in spring 2027.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of spring
Noun
  • When the headsprings reach capacity, the park closes entirely, so timing matters.
    — Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Walk the half-mile trail from the headspring with your gear to scuba dive at Blue Hole Spring (most divers refer to this spring as Jug Spring; bring a cart or wheelbarrow along to lighten the load).
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2024
Definition of headspring
Noun
  • The water district has been paying residents to rip out their thirsty grass and replace it with landscaping or trees, banned most new commercial fountains and water features, and limited the amount of water golf courses may use.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Bird baths with a fountain can even offer an element of moving water.
    — Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of fountain
Noun
  • This movie needs to start in the first minute with a giant oil well-style geyser of blood, and part of it is signalling excess and campiness.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
  • As the gas rapidly accumulates within these tiny crevices, the bubbles expand almost instantaneously and push the beverage violently out of the bottle to create a soda fountain, also called a geyser.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of geyser
Noun
  • There is absolutely no wellspring of untapped energy in the country in favor of relaxing gun laws.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
  • For much of her defining run, Lizzo was emblematic of an idyllic extramusical experiment, her songs a wellspring for yas queen enthusiasm.
    — Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 16 June 2026
Definition of wellspring
Noun
  • Their destination was the ancestral hearth, spiritual fountainhead, and reliquary of antiquities, the country home of the Wariboko war-canoe family.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Drummer Booker Stardrum sits behind the kit for rising jazz jammers SML, while Moog player Ben Vida co-founded the turn-of-the-century minimalist-ambient group Town & Country, and logged time in post-emo fountainhead Joan of Arc.
    — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 3 July 2026
Definition of fountainhead

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