Phrase Hound found 249 phrases and 141 compound words that contain spring. The most common are listed below. Open spring in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 249
- spring breakA time of vacation from school that occurs during the spring.
- hot springA natural spring producing water whose temperature is greater than about 20 °C (68 °F).
- Arab SpringThe pro-democracy movement spreading across North Africa and the Middle East from 2010 to 2012.
- spring upTo appear suddenly.
- spring trainingA set of practice and exhibition games for each Major League Baseball team, preceding the start of the regular season, which are used by a manager to determine the roster for the regular season.
- spring rollA type of savoury food consisting of shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake made from rice flour and then fried.
- spring balanceA device for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring.
- spring-cleaningAlternative form of spring cleaning.
- Spring ValleyA number of places in Canada.
- Early Spring
- spring onionA species of onion (Allium fistulosum) with slender bulbs; originally Asian, now worldwide.
- spring to mindTo appear suddenly in one's thoughts, often as an example of something.
- spring to lifeTo start to exist.
- farewell-to-springA wildflower of western North America, Clarkia amoena, that blooms in late spring and early summer
- box-springAlternative spelling of box spring.
- spring waterAlternative form of springwater: Water originating from a spring.
- leaf-springAlternative spelling of leaf spring.
- Late Spring
- spring-cleanTo carry out a spring cleaning of (a room, a house, etc).
- spring tideThe tide which occurs when the moon is new or full; the effects of the Sun and moon being reinforced so that this tide is of maximum range.
- Big SpringA number of places in the United States:
- Green SpringA city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States.
- Silver SpringA place in the United States:
- Spring BayA former municipality in Tasmania, Australia, merged into Glamorgan-Spring Bay.
- Spring BeachA locality in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Compound words 141
- offspringA person's daughter or son; a person's child.
- handspringA somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground.
- springboardA board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.
- springtimeThe season of spring, between winter and summer.
- springwaterWater originating from a spring.
- wellspringThe source of water for a stream, spring or well; a fountainhead; a wellhead.
- mainspringThe principal spring of a clockwork mechanism, which drives it by uncoiling.
- springhouseA small building constructed over a spring, formerly used for refrigeration (and thus sometimes also serving as pumphouse, milkhouse, or root cellar).
- springformA round baking tin with a rim that can be detached from the base, making it easy to remove the contents after baking.
- springwoodThe wood in a tree's growth ring formed earlier in the growing season, when growth is more rapid, thus composed of wider elements and usually lighter in colour.