oasis meaning
[ əu'eisis ] Pronunciation: "oasis" in a sentence
Noun: oasis (oases) ow'eysis
- A fertile tract in a desert (where the water table approaches the surface)
- A shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary
- haven
Derived forms: oases
Type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, shelter, tract
Part of: desert
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[American slang]
n. a place to buy liquor.
• Let's go into this oasis here and pick up a few bottles.
• There is an oasis on almost every corner in this district.
[Computer]
<file format, standard> (ODF, ISO/IEC 26300, OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications) An XML file format for office documents, such as spreadsheets, charts, presentations, databases and word processing.
OpenDocument was developed by the Open Office XML technical committee of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) consortium. It is based on the XML format originally created and implemented by the OpenOffice.org office suite. OpenDocument is an open standard, i.e. freely available and implementable.
Compare OOXML.
Examples
More: Next- this desert of unattractiveness has its oasis.
- mr. cremona's barbershop was an oasis of beauty and good will.
- the oasis was off the glamorous strip, far removed from the more famous hote ls.
- he reveled in it like a man who has reached an oasis after traversing an inhospitable desert.
- he reveled in it like a man who has reached an oasis after traversing an inhospitable desert.