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View synonyms for watering place
watering place
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 place
noun
- a place where drinking water for men or animals may be obtained
- a spa
- a seaside resort
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Word History and Origins
Origin of watering place1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
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Example Sentences
The most convenient watering-place is near the centre of the beach, a little to the northward of the highest hills.
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This town has been known as a watering place since 1606 and has maintained great popularity ever since.
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The fourth regatta of the season took place away from the port, and off the new watering-place, Lee-on-Solent.
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After visiting all the places of note in the town, the coachman was ordered to drive to the watering place on the sea shore.
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From Ipswich he went to Bath, the fashionable watering-place, where he painted the visitors who came in the summer for the cure.
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