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spa

spa

161 1.0
A place where people relax and get treatments like massages
  • noun
  • /spɑː/
translation icon : spa
  • After a long week, I decided to treat myself to a day at the spa for some relaxation and a massage.
  • pool and spa
  • spa resort

It's like, wait, is is self-care just going to a spa Wednesdays at noon?

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Examples

  • The hotel has an outdoor heated pool and an indoor sauna, spa, and fitness center.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Unfortunately I have to go, I have a spa appointment.

  • We are on the way to a spa, which is where we're staying tonight.

  • So the spa day was so, so lovely.

  • Put on some spa music, get the whole spa treatment.

  • The swimming here is amazing and the spa is incredible as well.

  • We said we were going to a spa with no alcohol.

  • I'm actually going to visit their spa this week.

  • Built into the Palm Springs Hills, this very exclusive spa has a fantastic view of the desert.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • So here is the Prague Beer Spa where you bathe in beer.

Synonyms

health spa
vsspa
4 3.0

A place where people go to exercise, relax, and get treatments like massages

is broader, adding massages, baths, and general relaxation treatments
watering place
vsspa
  • Archaic
7.4

A place by a spring or the sea where people go to rest and get better

is the commercial establishment offering treatments and fitness activities

Compounds

4 3.0

A place where people go to exercise, relax, and get treatments like massages

How Relaxing

spa
161 1.0
resort hotel
3 2.8
bathhouse
24 3.0

Surface Forms

spa singular
spas plural

Etymology

The word spa comes from the Belgian town Spa, which was famous for its 'healing springs', so spa now means a place where people go for baths, massages, and health treatments.