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SPA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness
Synonyms:
health club; health spa; spa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("spa" is a kind of...):
business establishment; place of business (an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spa"):
fat farm (a health spa that specializes in helping people lose weight)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area
Synonyms:
resort hotel; spa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("spa" is a kind of...):
hotel (a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services)
Holonyms ("spa" is a part of...):
playground; resort area; vacation spot (an area where many people go for recreation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A health resort near a spring or at the seaside
Synonyms:
spa; watering hole; watering place
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("spa" is a kind of...):
playground; resort area; vacation spot (an area where many people go for recreation)
Meronyms (parts of "spa"):
pump room (a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather)
Instance hyponyms:
Wiesbaden (a city in western Germany; a spa since Roman times)
