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WATERING HOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does watering hole mean?
• WATERING HOLE (noun)
The noun WATERING HOLE has 1 sense:
1. a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
Familiarity information: WATERING HOLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A health resort near a spring or at the seaside
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
spa; watering hole; watering place
Hypernyms ("watering hole" is a kind of...):
playground; resort area; vacation spot (an area where many people go for recreation)
Meronyms (parts of "watering hole"):
pump room (a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather)
Instance hyponyms:
Wiesbaden (a city in western Germany; a spa since Roman times)
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