bathhouse
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈbæθˌhaʊs/
- The bathhouse was crowded with families enjoying the hot springs on a warm day.
- a public bathhouse
- a Roman bathhouse
Examples
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We finally get to go to the bathhouse with Rumi!
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For proper baths, we used the small bathhouse behind our hut.
Fiction book (2000) -
What sort of bathhouse is this?
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You got a bathhouse in this town?
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Sweet Pete goes to the Russian bathhouse every Wednesday.
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We need to get to the old bathhouse.
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This is not the way to the bathhouse.
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Your family runs a bathhouse?
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When they arrived, she invited them all to the hammam, or bathhouse, for hot baths, massages, and perfume treatments.
Fiction book (2002) -
The acrid smell of chlorine from the public bathhouse mingled with the salty evening air.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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1.0
A room with several showers for people to wash, like at a gym or pool
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4.1
A hot steamy room where people relax, wash, and get a massage
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7.4
A small hut used for steam baths to clean the body and spirit
A building with public baths used in the past, often in Mediterranean areas
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Morphology
Etymology
Bathhouse comes from two simple words: bath ('a washing or bathing') and house ('a building'). So a bathhouse is a building where people go to bathe or change clothes.