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

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

Also in Iwate, a 60-year-old man is thought to have been attacked while cleaning an outdoor bath at a remote hot spring resort.

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She crossed windswept fields and leaped over thickets of shrubs and passed hot springs that sent steam floating into the sky.

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A 60-year-old man cleaning an outdoor hot spring bath has gone missing what is suspected to be the latest incident.

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For comparison, 125 people have drowned and 23 have died from burns after falling into hot springs.

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Painted in 1792, when Turner was 17, The Rising Squall features a former hot spring and spa in Bristol, as seen from the east bank of the River Avon before Clifton Suspension Bridge was built.

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