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    VACATION SPOT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An area where many people go for recreationplay

    Synonyms:

    playground; resort area; vacation spot

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Hypernyms ("vacation spot" 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 "vacation spot"):

    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 "vacation spot"):

    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)

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