Synonyms for oasis

Grammar : Noun

Spell : oh-ey-sis

Phonetic Transcription : oʊˈeɪ sɪs

Top 10 synonyms for oasis

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Définition of oasis

Origin : 1610s, from French oasis (18c.) and directly from Late Latin oasis, from Greek oasis, probably from Hamitic (cf. Coptic wahe, ouahe "oasis," properly "dwelling place," from ouih "dwell"). The same Egyptian source produced Arabic wahah.

noun spring
noun refuge

Example sentences :

It was an oasis of natural splendor in the heart of a calm sea of green grass.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

It fell like an oasis over the solemn company walking there.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

The thirsty traveler in the desert places had come to the oasis of her dreams.
Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden

The oasis was of small extent, extending but two hundred yards across.
Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty

My father's tribe live in the oasis ten miles east of the old lake.
Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty

They will assuredly camp at the wells of Orab if they are making for the oasis.
Extract from : « At Aboukir and Acre » by George Alfred Henty

But at his pleased exclamation Carmena told him that he was looking at no oasis.
Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet

This oasis is all the more charming to the sight because it is only an oasis.
Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand

It would be an oasis in this desert—that Express car; but lo!
Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon

It is not for a moment to be tolerated that an oasis should be met with anywhere except in the desert.
Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli

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