Oasis(ō&adot_;s&ibreve_;s or &ouptack_;ās&ibreve_;s; 277), n.; pl.Oases(-sēz).[L., fr. Gr. 'oasis; cf. Copt. ouahe.]A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert, where the water table approaches the surface.[wns=1] “The Arab does not love the desert; the Arab loves the oasis and green fields.”
[1913 Webster]
2.Hence:(fig.)Any refuge from a prevailing stressful, unpleasant, or annoying situation.[wns=2 & 3] Syn. -- haven.
[PJC]
My one oasis in the dust and drouth
Of city life.Tennyson.
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