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

On a hot spring evening last May, an FBI SWAT team swarmed on three alleged Boogaloo Bois as they met in the parking lot of a 24 Hour Fitness club on the east side of Las Vegas.

From ProPublica

Similar microbial communities exist in modern times at hot springs, such as those of Yellowstone National Park.

From Science News

It goes without saying that a visit to the hot springs is a must during these cooler months.

From Outside Online

Microbial life has been found thriving far underground, in boiling hot springs and inside sediments on the seafloor — results that make many scientists hopeful about the prospects for life on other planets and moons in our solar system.

From Quanta Magazine

Research led by Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences professor Roger Summons has raised the intriguing possibility that they took advantage of hot springs for boiling.

From MIT Technology Review

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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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