spa (redirected from spa pools)

spa  (spä)

n.

1. A resort providing therapeutic baths.

2. A resort area having mineral springs.

3. A fashionable hotel or resort.

4. A health spa.

5. A tub for relaxation or invigoration, usually including a device for raising whirlpools in the water.

6. Eastern New England See soda fountain.

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[After Spa, a resort town of eastern Belgium.]

Regional Note: The word spa, taken from the name of the famous mineral springs in Spa, Belgium, has become a common noun denoting any place with a medicinal or mineral spring. Less well known is its Eastern New England sense, "soda fountain," probably an allusion to the carbonated or "mineral" water that is a staple ingredient of many soda fountain concoctions.

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spa

Noun

a mineral-water spring or a resort where such a spring is found [after Spa, a watering place in Belgium]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spa - a health resort near a spring or at the seaside watering hole, watering place pump room - a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather playground, resort area, vacation spot - an area where many people go for recreation
	2.	spa - a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area resort hotel hotel - a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services playground, resort area, vacation spot - an area where many people go for recreation
	3.	spa - a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness health club, health spa fat farm - a health spa that specializes in helping people lose weight business establishment, place of business - an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered

Translations

spa [spɑː] n → balneario

spa [spɑː] n (= town) → station thermale;

(US) (also: health spa) → établissement m de cure de rajeunissement

spa [spɑː] n (town) → Heilbad nt;

(US) (also: health spa) → Fitnesszentrum nt

spa [spɑː] n (resort) → stazione f termale;

(US) (also: health spa) → centro di cure estetiche