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WATERING HOLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A health resort near a spring or at the seaside
Synonyms:
spa; watering hole; watering place
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("watering hole" is a kind of...):
playground; resort area; vacation spot (an area where many people go for recreation)
Meronyms (parts of "watering hole"):
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)