hot spring

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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.

Origin of hot spring

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First recorded in 1660–70

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How to use hot spring in a sentence

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

    Wonders of the Yellowstone | James Richardson
  • At the small ramshackle hot-spring inns of the remote Page 123 hills the guests are mostly country folk.

    The Foundations of Japan | J.W. Robertson Scott
  • I heard of another hot-spring resort at which the water is gradually cooling: it is warmed up by secret piping.

    The Foundations of Japan | J.W. Robertson Scott
  • Jimmy's soul was first of all a hot-spring of ambition; the evidences of which, when once recognized, were ever paramount.

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

    The Bbur-nma in English | Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

British Dictionary definitions for hot spring

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 called: thermal spring

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Scientific definitions for hot spring

hot spring

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

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