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spaw

spaw is the archaic form of spa.

Meaning of spa

Noun (1)

spa (plural spas)

  1. A health resort near a mineral spring or hot spring.
  2. A trendy or fashionable resort.
  3. A health club.
    • They went to a spa for a massage.
  4. A hot tub.
    • Their bath is fitted with a spa.
  5. (Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts) A convenience store.

Noun (2)

spa (plural spas)

  1. (Ireland, slang) An idiot; a gobshite
    • What the fuck was she talking about, he must think she's such a spa.2010, Paul Murray, Skippy Dies, →ISBN

See all 9 meanings of spa

Proper noun capitalized: Spaw

Spaw (plural Spaws)

  1. A surname.

Forms of spaw

Noun
pluralspaws
Proper noun
pluralSpaws

Origin of spaw

Variant of Spoor.

Questions about spaw

What does spaw mean?
Spaw means a surname.
What is spaw the archaic form of?
Spaw is the archaic form of spa.
What part of speech is spaw?
Spaw is a proper noun.

Words near spaw in the dictionary

  1. spavined
  2. spaving
  3. spavining
  4. spavins
  5. Spavor
  6. spaw
  7. spawl
  8. spawled
  9. spawling
  10. spawlings
  11. spawls

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: spaw (page history and authors); Spaw (page history and authors); spa (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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