hot spring

noun

Definition of hot springnext
as in spring

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Recent Examples of hot spring That didn’t seem to stop two recent tourists at Yellowstone’s largest hot spring. — Eve Chen, USA Today, 21 July 2026 There's no better way to spend a hot spring or summer day than enjoying this light meal topped with cherry tomatoes and sprinkled with mozzarella. — Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 6 July 2026 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 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
  • Weeding throughout fall can reduce these problems and make your garden much easier to weed in spring.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Last spring, our students improved on STAAR across grades 3 through 12, outpacing the state, with double-digit gains in some high school subjects.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 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 bar, including its signature fountain, is festooned with thousands of marigolds, while a super spooky painted calavera looms from the ceiling behind the bar.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Most of the candy is in spotless Plexiglas bins, hundreds of them, and throughout the shop are fresh confections such as ice cream, sodas, a chocolate fountain.
    — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of fountain
Noun
  • Some thirty thousand tourists visited annually to soak in the mountain’s mineral springs and sip from a geyser of warm fizzy water.
    — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The country’s first national park brims with wonder, from the powerful Old Faithful geyser to the abundance of bison.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of geyser
Noun
  • Philbrick, who is seventy years old, has lived for the past four decades on Nantucket, a home that has doubled as the wellspring of his career.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Spending two years writing his autobiography, the 2023 bestseller Scattershot, and working on a forthcoming documentary, unleashed a creative wellspring in Bernie Taupin.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 22 Oct. 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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