English > resort area: 1 sense > noun 1, locationMeaning | An area where many people go for recreation / recreation. |
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Synonyms | playground, vacation spot |
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Instances | Waikiki | A well-known beach and resort area on Oahu Island to the southeast of Honolulu |
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Parts | resort, resort hotel, holiday resort | A hotel located in a resort area |
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resort hotel, spa | A fashionable hotel usually in a resort area |
Narrower | borscht circuit, borsht circuit, borscht belt, borsht belt | (informal) a resort area in the Catskill Mountains of New York that was patronized primarily by Jewish guests |
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watering place, watering hole, spa | A health resort / resort near a spring or at the seaside |
Broader | area, country | A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography) |
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Spanish | área recreativa, resort area |
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Catalan | àrea recreativa |
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