bathhouse

noun

bath·​house ˈbath-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce bathhouse (audio)
ˈbäth-
1
: a building equipped for bathing
2
: a building containing dressing rooms for bathers

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There’s the music video — still perhaps the greatest of the 21st century so far — full of bathhouse coffins, exploding beds, disorienting contact lenses and bewitching dance moves. Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024 Big concrete monolithic buildings, comparatively rare in London, were the ones that really caught his eye, beginning with the Art Moderne bathhouse at Jacob Riis Park. Owen Davies, Curbed, 4 Nov. 2024 The music seeps from a bathhouse ruin where the hotel stages weekend performances. Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024 Powers said the co-ed bathhouse may feature things such as steam, dry sauna, cold plunge, and soaking tubs. Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bathhouse 

Word History

First Known Use

1705, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of bathhouse was in 1705

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“Bathhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bathhouse. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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bathhouse

noun
bath·​house ˈbath-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce bathhouse (audio)
ˈbȧth-
1
2
: a building containing dressing rooms for swimmers

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