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OASIS

\ə͡ʊˈe͡ɪsɪs], \ə‍ʊˈe‍ɪsɪs], \əʊ_ˈeɪ_s_ɪ_s]\

Definitions of OASIS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A fertile place in a barren desert.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A focus or circumscribed area of disease.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

A fertile spot in a sandy desert:-pl. OASES.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Fertile spot in a desert.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A fertile spot in a desert.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. [Latin, Greek] A fertile place in a sandy or barren desert.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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