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- Dictionaryoasis/əʊˈeɪsɪs/
noun
- 1. a fertile spot in a desert, where water is found: "a country of oases and burning desert sands" Similar
- 2. a type of rigid foam into which the stems of flowers can be secured in flower arranging: trademark "cover the ball of Oasis with leaves and moss"
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a place in a desert where there is water and therefore plants and trees and sometimes a village or town. Delta Images/Image Source/GettyImages. [ S ] a calm, pleasant place in the middle of somewhere busy and unpleasant: Her office was an oasis of peace and sanity amid the surrounding chaos. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of OASIS is a fertile or green area in an arid region (such as a desert). How to use oasis in a sentence.
OASIS meaning: 1. a place in a desert where there is water and therefore plants and trees and sometimes a village…. Learn more.
An oasis refers to a location, but it can also be an imagined place — as in an acting exercise where an actor builds an imaginary oasis in his or her mind. The actor can then remember the image to relax on stage.
A small area in a desert that has a supply of water and is able to support vegetation. An oasis forms when groundwater lies close enough to the surface to form a spring or to be reached by wells.
Word forms: plural oases (oʊeɪsiːz ) 1. countable noun. An oasis is a small area in a desert where water and plants are found. 2. countable noun. You can refer to a pleasant place or situation as an oasis when it is surrounded by unpleasant ones.
OASIS meaning: 1 : an area in a desert where there is water and plants; 2 : a pleasant place that is surrounded by something unpleasant.
a pleasant place or period of time in the middle of something unpleasant or difficult synonym haven. an oasis of calm. a green oasis in the heart of the city. Word Origin. See oasis in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: oasis. Definition of oasis noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
oasis meaning, definition, what is oasis: a place with water and trees in a desert...: Learn more.
oasis noun [C] (CALM) a place that is much calmer and more pleasant than what is around it: The cafe was an oasis in the busy, noisy city. (Definition of oasis from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
