spa
IPA: spˈɑ
noun
- A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring.
- A trendy or fashionable resort.
- A health club.
- A hot tub.
- (dialect) A convenience store.
- (Ireland, slang) An idiot; a gobshite
- (Ireland, slang) A clumsy person (see spastic)
- A town in the province of Liège, Belgium, famous for its springs.
- (medicine) Abbreviation of spondyloarthritis. [(pathology) Spondyloarthropathy that involves inflammation.]
- (UK, pensions) Initialism of state pension age.
- (web development) Initialism of single-page application. [(web development) A website where new content is shown by dynamically replacing existing content in the web page rather than navigating to a different URL.]
- (networking) Initialism of single-packet authorization.
- (law) Initialism of special power of attorney.
- Initialism of Saudi Press Agency.
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Examples of "spa" in Sentences
- They give me what they call a spa pedicure and they rub my legs and I love it.
- The owner of a high-end, Chicago-based salon and spa is accused of spitting on a ...
- But everyone knows a spa is about the meals and the treatments, and Woodloch is first-rate on both counts.
- When he arrives in China, he is welcomed into the home of a kindly old gent who offers him a dinner of what he calls spa ghet.
- The owner of a high-end, Chicago-based salon and spa is accused of spitting on a cab driver twice on Thursday afternoon at O'Hare Airport.
- "We've had the luxury of going away to what we call our spa retreats the past few years, but not this year, for obvious reasons," she said.
- The spa is housed in an antique hand-carved Javanese home that was found on the island of Java and reconstructed piece by piece at the resort.
- The spa is located a 1. 5-hour drive from Biarritz in Eug é nie-les-Bains, a thermal springs station known for its therapeutic waters since the time of Henry IV in the 16th century.
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