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