oasisnoun
uk/əʊˈeɪ.sɪs/us/oʊˈeɪ.sɪs/plural oases[ C ] a place in a desert where there is water and therefore plants and trees and sometimes a village or town
[ S ] a calm, pleasant place in the middle of somewhere busy and unpleasant:
Her office was an oasis of peace and sanity amid the surrounding chaos.
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Inland waters
- body
- crater lake
- fiord
- fjord
- L, l
- lake
- loch
- lough
- millpond
- oxbow lake
- pond
- pool
- reservoir
- ribbon lake
- slop
- stretch
- tank
- tarn
- waterhole
- waterway
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