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VACATION SPOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vacation spot mean? 

VACATION SPOT (noun)
  The noun VACATION SPOT has 1 sense:

1. an area where many people go for recreationplay

  Familiarity information: VACATION SPOT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VACATION SPOT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An area where many people go for recreation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

playground; resort area; vacation spot

Hypernyms ("vacation spot" is a kind of...):

area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))

Meronyms (parts of "vacation spot"):

resort hotel; spa (a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area)

holiday resort; resort; resort hotel (a hotel located in a resort area)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vacation spot"):

spa; watering hole; watering place (a health resort near a spring or at the seaside)

borscht belt; borscht circuit; borsht belt; borsht circuit ((informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests)

Instance hyponyms:

Waikiki (a well-known beach and resort area on Oahu Island to the southeast of Honolulu)


 Context examples 


Travelling can be stressful experience—whether it be to a vacation spot or business destination.

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