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steam room

steam room

12 3.7
A room filled with hot steam where people sit to relax
  • noun
  • /stiːm ruːm/
translation icon : baño de vapor
  • If you're lucky enough to have access to a sauna or steam room, this is a huge help for the body to sweat out toxins and impurities.
  • steam room and sauna
  • steam room and whirlpool
  • steam room at a spa

And yeah, they had this proper fancy spa with like steam room, like pool, hot tub.

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Examples

  • Do we have a secret steam room you never told me about?

  • Spend a few minutes in the steam room.

  • First of all, I think we can up the temperature in the steam room a little.

  • I'll meet you in the steam room.

  • The hotel has a very nice wellness area with several saunas, steam rooms, relaxation areas, and a swimming pool.

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  • The Wellness Center provides massage treatments, saunas and steam rooms, foot massages, peels, and warm stones.

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  • After my workout, I love to relax in the steam room for a while.

  • Many people find that spending time in the steam room helps relieve stress and muscle pain.

  • The spa offers a steam room where guests can unwind and refresh themselves after treatments.

Synonyms

sauna
vssteam room
52 2.1

A small hot room where people sit to sweat and relax

is a steam filled bathing place focused on relaxation and cleansing
steam bath
vssteam room
4 3.2

A hot room filled with steam where you sit to relax and ease muscle pain

is the general space filled with hot vapor for bathing and cleansing
Turkish bath
vssteam room
2 4.1

A hot steamy room where people relax, wash, and get a massage

is the same steam bathing concept but without cultural rituals
vapor bath
vssteam room
  • US
5.1

A hot room filled with steam for cleaning and relaxing the body

is a general space filled with hot vapor for bathing purposes
sweat room
vssteam room
5.8

A hot room like a sauna where steam makes you sweat and relax

is a general steam bathing space used for relaxation and cleansing
sweat house
vssteam room
  • UK
7.4

A small hut used for steam baths to clean the body and spirit

is a larger indoor space filled with vapor for public bathing
sudatory
vssteam room
  • Archaic
9.9

A room where people sit in hot steam to sweat

is the everyday facility for bathing in hot vapor rather than formal term
sudatorium
vssteam room
  • Archaic
9.9

A room in Roman baths where people sit to bathe in hot air or steam

is the common modern bathing room without historical or cultural emphasis

How Hot

sauna
52 2.1
steam room
12 3.7
hot tub
94 1.0
to shower
140 1.0

Surface Forms

steam room singular
steam rooms plural

Morphology

steam + room

The meaning 'a room filled with steam used for relaxation or cleansing' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'steam' (water vapor) with 'room' (an indoor space). This simple noun+noun compositional pattern is common and cross-linguistically obvious, so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Steam room comes from the simple image of a room filled with hot steam, like sitting inside a warm cloud of wet air. That's why the term means 'a room filled with steam for relaxation, health, or cleansing'.