hot spring

noun

1. a thermal spring having water warmer than 98°F (37°C): the water is usually heated by emanation from or passage near hot or molten rock.

hot spring

noun

1. a natural spring of mineral water at a temperature of 21°C (70°F) or above, found in areas of volcanic activity Also calledthermal spring

hot spring

1. A spring of warm water, usually having a temperature greater than that of the human body.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hot spring¹

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

The mass of hot-spring material built up here cannot be less than 400 feet in thickness.

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At the small ramshackle hot-spring inns of the remote Page 123 hills the guests are mostly country folk.

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I heard of another hot-spring resort at which the water is gradually cooling: it is warmed up by secret piping.

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Jimmy's soul was first of all a hot-spring of ambition; the evidences of which, when once recognized, were ever paramount.

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Thought I, Garm-chashma (Hot-spring) is close by; they may have dismounted there.

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