watering place

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noun

British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.

a health resort near mineral springs, a lake, or the sea, featuring therapeutic baths, water cures, or the like.

a place where drinking water may be obtained by humans or animals, as a spring or water hole.

watering hole.

Origin of watering place

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Words nearby watering place

water-inch, wateriness, watering, watering can, watering hole, watering place, watering pot, water intoxication, waterish, water jacket, waterjet

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Example sentences from the Web for watering place

When we first landed, I was very active in assisting to get the casks out of the boat, and in rolling them to the watering-place.
Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy|Anonymous
The venerable John Home, author of Douglas, was then at the watering-place, and paid much attention to my aunt and to me.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10)|John Gibson Lockhart
Extensive works upon these, affording a sea front unsurpassed by that of any English watering-place, were completed in 1905.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1|Various
It is a remarkable quality in a watering-place out of the season, that everything in it, will and must be looked at.
Reprinted Pieces|Charles Dickens

Before they had reached the first watering-place a third tempest, preceded by its choking sandstorm, overtook them.
The River War|Winston S. Churchill

British Dictionary definitions for watering place

watering place

noun

a place where drinking water for men or animals may be obtained

British a spa

British a seaside resort

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单词	watering place
释义	watering place SEE SYNONYMS FOR watering place ON THESAURUS.COM noun British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc. a health resort near mineral springs, a lake, or the sea, featuring therapeutic baths, water cures, or the like. a place where drinking water may be obtained by humans or animals, as a spring or water hole. watering hole. Origin of watering place late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50 Words nearby watering place water-inch, wateriness, watering, watering can, watering hole, watering place, watering pot, water intoxication, waterish, water jacket, waterjet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for watering place When we first landed, I was very active in assisting to get the casks out of the boat, and in rolling them to the watering-place. Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy\|Anonymous The venerable John Home, author of Douglas, was then at the watering-place, and paid much attention to my aunt and to me. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10)\|John Gibson Lockhart Extensive works upon these, affording a sea front unsurpassed by that of any English watering-place, were completed in 1905. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1\|Various It is a remarkable quality in a watering-place out of the season, that everything in it, will and must be looked at. Reprinted Pieces\|Charles Dickens Before they had reached the first watering-place a third tempest, preceded by its choking sandstorm, overtook them. The River War\|Winston S. Churchill British Dictionary definitions for watering place watering place noun a place where drinking water for men or animals may be obtained British a spa British a seaside resort Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to watering place reservoir, mine, source, hole, pit, pool, geyser, fountain, spa, wells, hydrolysate, baths, origin, shaft, derivation, repository, fount, spring, spout, chasm
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watering place

noun

Origin of watering place

Words nearby watering place

Example sentences from the Web for watering place

British Dictionary definitions for watering place

noun

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