resort
US /rɪˈzɔrt/
Definition
a hotel located in a resort area
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The company holds its annual retreat at a beach resort.
Synonyms
- holiday destinationhaving a meaning similar to resort
- retreat(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
- vacation spothaving a meaning similar to resort
Collocations
- Easy beach resort holidayto beach resort holiday, meaning to land on a beach
- Medium book a luxury ski resort suiteto book a luxury ski resort suite, meaning to engage for a performance
- Hard as a last resort when mediation failsdescribing as a last resort when mediation fails (a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar)
- Very Hard resort to desperate measures in dire straitsto resort to desperate measures in dire straits, meaning to have recourse to
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