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RESORT AREA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An area where many people go for recreation
Synonyms:
playground; resort area; vacation spot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("resort area" is a kind of...):
area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))
Meronyms (parts of "resort area"):
resort hotel; spa (a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area)
holiday resort; resort; resort hotel (a hotel located in a resort area)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resort area"):
spa; watering hole; watering place (a health resort near a spring or at the seaside)
borscht belt; borscht circuit; borsht belt; borsht circuit ((informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests)
Instance hyponyms:
Waikiki (a well-known beach and resort area on Oahu Island to the southeast of Honolulu)
