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oasis
[ oh-ey-sis ]
noun
- a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- something serving as a refuge, relief, or pleasant change from what is usual, annoying, difficult, etc.:
The library was an oasis of calm in the hectic city.
oasis
1/ əʊˈeɪsɪs /
noun
- a fertile patch in a desert occurring where the water table approaches or reaches the ground surface
- a place of peace, safety, or happiness in the midst of trouble or difficulty
Oasis
2/ əʊˈeɪsɪs /
noun
- a block of light porous material, used as a base for flower arrangements
oasis
/ ō-ā′sĭs /
, Plural oases ō-ā′sēz
- A small area in a desert that has a supply of water and is able to support vegetation. An oasis forms when groundwater lies close enough to the surface to form a spring or to be reached by wells.
Other Words From
- o·a·sit·ic [oh-, uh, -, sit, -ik], o·asal o·a·se·an [oh-, ey, -see-, uh, n], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of oasis1
Word History and Origins
Origin of oasis1
Example Sentences
You might be surprised to hear that hidden in Tampa, Florida is a food oasis of the Cuban persuasion.
The pop-punk of Green Day, the Britpop of Oasis, the alternative arena rock of Weezer.
And, as it turns out, a necessary zen oasis from the deafening screams of tweenage girls as this Austin Mahone character performs.
Even so, in the turbulent Middle East of the Arab Spring Lebanon has been an oasis of calm and relative affluence.
They rushed out in bathrobes and slippers, their blissful oasis near a suburban mall suddenly transformed into a horror scene.
A trick like this—a generosity so distinct as this—is a real oasis in the ecclesiastical desert.
We now enter the Palais Royal, that strange white and green oasis into which it is so simple never to stray.
Now I was filled with the desire to lie here in this “oasis” and live at ease and sniff the clean fragrance of mountain plants.
He is the one refreshing oasis in the desert wilderness of the Classical school.
It would be an oasis in this desert—that Express car; but lo!
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