English words for 'A very large-scale resort'
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noun
- a hotel located in a resort area
- A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
- act of turning to for assistance
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security
- a frequently visited place
- Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
- (government) A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.
- Alternative spelling of re-sort.
verb
- move, travel, or proceed toward some place
- have recourse to
- (intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography)
- (intransitive) To make one's way, go (to).
- (intransitive) To fall back; to revert.
noun
- A trendy or fashionable resort.
- a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area
- a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring.
- (Ireland, slang) An idiot; a gobshite
- (Ireland, slang) A clumsy person (see spastic)
- A hot tub.
- (Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine) A convenience store.
- A health club.
- a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness
noun
- A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
- A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
- (architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof, or the hinges of a gate.
- A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
- a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
- a support for two adjacent bridge spans
- (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)
name
- A summer resort on the Black Sea in Romania.
- (astronomy) The fifth and by far the largest planet in the Solar System, a gas giant, represented by the symbol ♃ in astronomy. Jupiter is known for its Great Red Spot and many moons including the Galilean moons.
- An unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
- A town in Palm Beach County, Florida, named in error after the Roman god.
- A township in Kittson County, Minnesota, named after the planet.
- (informal) The largest or most prominent member of a group.
- (Roman mythology) The King of the Gods, also called Jove. Equivalent to the Greek Zeus, Jupiter was one of the children of Saturn. As supreme god of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter was the god of thunder, lightning, and storms, and appropriately called the god of light and sky.
- An unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, named after a mine.
noun
noun
- An individual theme park as part of a larger resort complex with multiple parks.
- A location which serves as a conduit for transport, migration, or trade.
- A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
- (slang) A place where drugs are illegally sold.
- The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".
- In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
- A passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
- (cinematography) A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.
- A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.
- (electronics) The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
- (mining) A tunnel serving the coal face.
- (computing) A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
- (now Scotland, Northern England) A way, path.
- (cricket) The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
- (metalworking) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate; tedge.
- (flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
- A doorlike structure outside a house.
- A movable barrier.
- total admission receipts at a sports event
- a movable barrier in a fence or wall
- passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
- a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
verb
- (transitive) To selectively regulate or restrict (access to something).
- (transitive) To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
- (transitive) To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively, as needed or to avoid damage from excessive light exposure. See autogating.
- (transitive, biochemistry) To open (a closed ion channel).
- (transitive) To furnish with a gate.
- supply with a gate
- control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
- restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
noun
- a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- A place where there are springs of medicinal water, or a place by the sea, or by some large body of water, that people visit for bathing, recreation, boating, etc.
- A place where water may be obtained, e.g. for a ship or for cattle.
- (informal) A place where alcohol is sold and consumed; a bar.
name
- A former resort in Lake County, California.
- A neighbourhood in south-west Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- A former settlement in Nevada County, California.
- A rural settlement in Auckland council area, Auckland region, New Zealand.
- A former logging town in Benton County, Oregon.
- A neighbourhood of Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- A town in the City of the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia.
- A census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada.
- A small village in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 7667).
noun
name
- A beach resort in Barbados.
- A small village in Calne Without parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9667).
- A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1135).
- A hamlet in Maelor South community, Wrexham borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SJ4040).
noun
verb
- look past, fail to notice
- look down on
- leave undone or leave out
- be oriented in a certain direction
- watch over
- To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
- To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
- To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.
- To look down upon from above or from a higher location.
name
- A resort in Suriname.
- A female given name from Latin.
- (astronomy) 8 Flora, a main-belt asteroid.
- A surname.
- A municipality of the Philippines.
- A town in Mississippi; named for early resident Flora Mann Jones.
- A town in Indiana; named for founder John Flora.
- A municipality of Norway.
- A city in Illinois.
- (Roman mythology) the goddess of flowers, nature and spring; she is also the wife of Favonius and the mother of Karpos. She is the Roman counterpart of Chloris.
- A village in Norway.
noun
- permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.
- large and often sumptuous tent
- (US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
- (Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
- (US, by generalization) Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.
- An illuminated panel that appears above the screen/playfield of an arcade game, typically displaying the game's title and manufacturer.
- (computing) In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
adj
verb
noun
- permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.
- a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
- (jewelry) An oval cut gemstone with pointed ends.
- A marquee.
- (chiefly historical) A marchioness, especially one who is French.
- (architecture) A canopy, usually of glass, set as a shelter over a door opening onto a terrace or pavement.
- (cooking) A rich dessert made with dark chocolate, butter, sugar, cocoa powder, eggs, and cream.
- (historical) A style of parasol of the mid-19th century.
noun
- A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
- (card games) A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.
- A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
- A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
- A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
- (computing) A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
- A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
- (military) A fortified position for a weapon.
- (geology) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
- A place used by a monotreme, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
- A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
- (vulgar, slang, now US) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.
- A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
- A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
- a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
- a cosy or secluded retreat
- a kind of gun emplacement
- a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality
- furniture pieces made to fit close together
verb
- (intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.
- (intransitive) To settle into a home.
- (intransitive) To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").
- (intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
- (transitive) To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
- (transitive) To place in, or as if in, a nest.
- move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
- inhabit a nest, usually after building
- fit together or fit inside
- gather nests
name
- A coastal resort in Théoule-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
- A coastal city in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- A neighbourhood in northern San Diego, California, United States.
- A city in Tamaulipas, Mexico.
- A corregimiento in Bocas del Toro Province, Panama.
- A residential district of Playa, Havana, Cuba.
- A suburb on the Miramar Peninsula, Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand.
- A municipality in Valencia, Spain.
- A neighbourhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- A coastal town in the province of Córdoba, Argentina.
- A town in western San Mateo County, California.
- A coastal village in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
- A beach area in Panaji, Goa, India.
- A corregimiento in Colón Province, Panama.
- A city in Broward County, Florida, United States.
- A district in the province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
noun
- pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds
- country house in ancient Rome consisting of residential quarters and farm buildings around a courtyard
- detached or semidetached suburban house
- (Ancient Rome) A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.
- A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
- (Nigeria, slang) One’s village or ancestral homeland.
- (UK) A family house, often semi-detached in Victorian or Edwardian style, in a middle class street.
noun
- a place of interest, especially to visitors
- a range of mental vision
- an instance of visual perception
- the range of vision
- the act of looking or seeing or observing
- the ability to see; the visual faculty
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- anything that is seen
- (often in the plural) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- (now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
- Something seen.
- A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
- Mental view; opinion; judgment.
- The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
- In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.
- (in the singular) The ability to see.
- (often in the plural) Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
verb
- catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
- take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
- (transitive, intransitive) To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.
- (transitive) To observe through, or as if through, a sight, to check the elevation, direction, levelness, or other characteristics of, especially when surveying or navigating.
- (transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.
- (transitive) To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
name
- A city and beach resort in San Diego County, California, United States.
- A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Tom Green County, Texas, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, United States.
- Karlovy Vary, a statutory city and spa city in western Bohemia, Czech Republic.
noun
- a large and stately mansion
- a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
- interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- (cricket, colloquial) The wicket.
- (shogi) A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.
- A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
- (chess) An instance of castling.
- (chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
verb
- move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
- (transitive, figurative) To protect or separate in a similar way.
- (usually intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.
- (usually intransitive, chess) To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.
- (cricket) To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
- (transitive) To house or keep in a castle.
noun
- a large and stately mansion
- A large and lavishly ornate residence.
- the governing group of a kingdom
- official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
- a large ornate exhibition hall
- A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
- Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
noun
- a hotel located in a resort area
- A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
- act of turning to for assistance
- something or someone turned to for assistance or security
- a frequently visited place
- Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
- (government) A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.
- Alternative spelling of re-sort.
verb
- move, travel, or proceed toward some place
- have recourse to
- (intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
- (transitive, intransitive) Alternative spelling of re-sort (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography)
- (intransitive) To make one's way, go (to).
- (intransitive) To fall back; to revert.
noun
- A trendy or fashionable resort.
- a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area
- a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring.
- (Ireland, slang) An idiot; a gobshite
- (Ireland, slang) A clumsy person (see spastic)
- A hot tub.
- (Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine) A convenience store.
- A health club.
- a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness
noun
- A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
- A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
- (architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof, or the hinges of a gate.
- A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
- a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
- a support for two adjacent bridge spans
- (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)
noun
- An individual theme park as part of a larger resort complex with multiple parks.
- A location which serves as a conduit for transport, migration, or trade.
- A doorway, opening, or passage in a fence or wall.
- (slang) A place where drugs are illegally sold.
- The amount of money made by selling tickets to a concert or a sports event.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A street; now used especially as a combining form to make the name of a street e.g. "Briggate" (a common street name in the north of England meaning "Bridge Street") or Kirkgate meaning "Church Street".
- In a lock tumbler, the opening for the stump of the bolt to pass through or into.
- A passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark.
- (cinematography) A mechanism, in a film camera and projector, that holds each frame momentarily stationary behind the aperture.
- A tally mark consisting of four vertical bars crossed by a diagonal, representing a count of five.
- (electronics) The controlling terminal of a field effect transistor (FET).
- The waste piece of metal cast in the opening; a sprue or sullage piece. Also written geat and git.
- (mining) A tunnel serving the coal face.
- (computing) A logical pathway made up of switches which turn on or off. Examples are and, or, nand, etc.
- (now Scotland, Northern England) A way, path.
- (cricket) The gap between a batsman's bat and pad.
- (metalworking) The channel or opening through which metal is poured into the mould; the ingate; tedge.
- (flow cytometry) A line that separates particle type-clusters on two-dimensional dot plots.
- A doorlike structure outside a house.
- A movable barrier.
- total admission receipts at a sports event
- a movable barrier in a fence or wall
- passageway (as in an air terminal) where passengers can embark or disembark
- a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
verb
- (transitive) To selectively regulate or restrict (access to something).
- (transitive) To keep something inside by means of a closed gate.
- (transitive) To turn (an image intensifier) on and off selectively, as needed or to avoid damage from excessive light exposure. See autogating.
- (transitive, biochemistry) To open (a closed ion channel).
- (transitive) To furnish with a gate.
- supply with a gate
- control with a valve or other device that functions like a gate
- restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
noun
- a health resort near a spring or at the seaside
- A place where there are springs of medicinal water, or a place by the sea, or by some large body of water, that people visit for bathing, recreation, boating, etc.
- A place where water may be obtained, e.g. for a ship or for cattle.
- (informal) A place where alcohol is sold and consumed; a bar.
noun
noun
verb
- look past, fail to notice
- look down on
- leave undone or leave out
- be oriented in a certain direction
- watch over
- To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
- To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
- To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.
- To look down upon from above or from a higher location.
noun
- permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.
- large and often sumptuous tent
- (US) A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it.
- (Internet) A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally.
- (US, by generalization) Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee.
- An illuminated panel that appears above the screen/playfield of an arcade game, typically displaying the game's title and manufacturer.
- (computing) In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
adj
verb
noun
- permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.
- a noblewoman ranking below a duchess and above a countess
- (jewelry) An oval cut gemstone with pointed ends.
- A marquee.
- (chiefly historical) A marchioness, especially one who is French.
- (architecture) A canopy, usually of glass, set as a shelter over a door opening onto a terrace or pavement.
- (cooking) A rich dessert made with dark chocolate, butter, sugar, cocoa powder, eggs, and cream.
- (historical) A style of parasol of the mid-19th century.
noun
- A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
- (card games) A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.
- A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
- A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
- A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
- (computing) A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
- A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
- (military) A fortified position for a weapon.
- (geology) An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
- A place used by a monotreme, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
- A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
- (vulgar, slang, now US) The pubic hair near a vulva or a vulva itself.
- A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
- A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
- a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
- a cosy or secluded retreat
- a kind of gun emplacement
- a gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality
- furniture pieces made to fit close together
verb
- (intransitive) To successively neatly fit inside another.
- (intransitive) To settle into a home.
- (intransitive) To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").
- (intransitive, of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
- (transitive) To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
- (transitive) To place in, or as if in, a nest.
- move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position
- inhabit a nest, usually after building
- fit together or fit inside
- gather nests
noun
- pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive grounds
- country house in ancient Rome consisting of residential quarters and farm buildings around a courtyard
- detached or semidetached suburban house
- (Ancient Rome) A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.
- A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
- (Nigeria, slang) One’s village or ancestral homeland.
- (UK) A family house, often semi-detached in Victorian or Edwardian style, in a middle class street.
noun
- a place of interest, especially to visitors
- a range of mental vision
- an instance of visual perception
- the range of vision
- the act of looking or seeing or observing
- the ability to see; the visual faculty
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
- anything that is seen
- (often in the plural) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- (now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
- Something seen.
- A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
- Mental view; opinion; judgment.
- The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
- In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.
- (in the singular) The ability to see.
- (often in the plural) Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
verb
- catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
- take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
- (transitive, intransitive) To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.
- (transitive) To observe through, or as if through, a sight, to check the elevation, direction, levelness, or other characteristics of, especially when surveying or navigating.
- (transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.
- (transitive) To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
noun
- a large and stately mansion
- a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
- interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
- (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
- (cricket, colloquial) The wicket.
- (shogi) A defense structure in shogi formed by defensive pieces surrounding the king.
- A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
- (chess) An instance of castling.
- (chess, informal) A rook; a chess piece shaped like a castle tower.
verb
- move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king
- (transitive, figurative) To protect or separate in a similar way.
- (usually intransitive, shogi) To create a similar defensive position in Japanese chess through several moves.
- (usually intransitive, chess) To move the king 2 squares right or left and, in the same turn, the nearest rook to the far side of the king. The move now has special rules: the king cannot be in, go through, or end in check; the squares between the king and rook must be vacant; and neither piece may have been moved before castling.
- (cricket) To bowl a batsman with a full-length ball or yorker such that the stumps are knocked over.
- (transitive) To house or keep in a castle.
noun
- a large and stately mansion
- A large and lavishly ornate residence.
- the governing group of a kingdom
- official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
- a large ornate exhibition hall
- A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
- Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
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