watering place

noun

1. British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
2. a health resort near mineral springs, a lake, or the sea, featuring therapeutic baths, water cures, or the like.
3. a place where drinking water may be obtained by humans or animals, as a spring or water hole.
4. watering hole.

watering place

noun

1. a place where drinking water for men or animals may be obtained
2. a spa
3. a seaside resort

Word History and Origins

Origin of watering place¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

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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Related Words

• basin
• hole
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• pit
• pool
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• water hole