Definition of Hot spring

1. Noun. A natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above.

Exact synonyms: Thermal Spring
Generic synonyms: Fountain, Natural Spring, Outflow, Outpouring, Spring

Definition of Hot spring

1. Noun. A natural spring producing water whose temperature is greater than about 20°C (68°F). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hot Spring

hot seals
hot seat
hot seats
hot set
hot sheet
hot sheets
hot shift
hot shifts
hot shoe
hot short
hot spell
hot spleen
hot spot
hot spots
hot spring
hot springs
hot squat
hot squats
hot stamp
hot stock
hot stove
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hot stoves
hot stuff
hot stuffed tomato
hot swap
hot tamale
hot tamales
hot tap

Literary usage of Hot spring

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"... 263 Interior of the Crater Hverfjall, 278 Sinter-fringed Bowl of hot spring in the Geysir Group, ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1865)
"... occurrence of a remarkably powerful hot spring, at n great depth, in one of the Cornish mines, np detailed examination of which had hitherto been made. ..."

3. My Sixty Years on the Plains, Trapping, Trading, and Indian Fighting by William Thomas Hamilton (1905)
"A Wonderful hot spring. Shoshone Scouts. Chief Washakie. We Trade our Blackfoot Plunder. Shoshone Horse for Blackfoot Scalp. A Night of Council, ..."

4. Second Report of a Geological Reconnoissance of the Middle and Southern by Richard Owen (1860)
"hot spring COUNTY. In Chapter I, I have already written at length on the origin of the hot springs and the Novaculite Rock in this County. ..."

5. East of the Jordan: A Record of Travel and Observation in the Countries of by Selah Merrill (1881)
"... show that the spring has been eared for and utilized. Its temperature is 103°. The bridge is thirty feet wide, Natural Bridge and hot spring North of ..."

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