Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oasis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Oasis \O"as*is\ ([=o]"[.a]*s[i^]s or [-o]*[=a]"s[i^]s; 277), n.;
pl. {Oases} (-s[=e]z). [L., fr. Gr. 'o`asis; cf. Copt.
ouahe.]
A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy
desert.
My one oasis in the dust and drouth Of city life.
--Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
oasis
n 1: a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table
approaches the surface)
2: a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary [syn: {haven}]
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