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spa definition

spa (spä)

noun

  1. a mineral spring
  2. any place, esp. a health resort, having a mineral spring
  3. any fashionable resort
  4. a commercial establishment with exercise rooms, sauna baths, etc.
  5. a large whirlpool bath, with ledges for seating several people

Etymology: after Spa, celebrated health resort in Belgium

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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