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NATURAL SPRING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A natural flow of ground water
Synonyms:
fountain; natural spring; outflow; outpouring; spring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("natural spring" is a kind of...):
formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "natural spring"):
Fountain of Youth (a fountain described in folk tales as able to make people young again)
geyser (a spring that discharges hot water and steam)
hot spring; thermal spring (a natural spring of water at a temperature of 70 F or above)
