NATURAL SPRING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does natural spring mean? 

• NATURAL SPRING (noun)
  The noun NATURAL SPRING has 1 sense:

1. a natural flow of ground water

  Familiarity information: NATURAL SPRING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NATURAL SPRING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A natural flow of ground water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

fountain; natural spring; outflow; outpouring; spring

Hypernyms ("natural spring" is a kind of...):

formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "natural spring"):

Fountain of Youth (a fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young again)

geyser (a spring that discharges hot water and steam)

hot spring; thermal spring (a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above)