bathhouse

noun

bath·​house ˈbath-ˌhau̇s 

ˈbäth-

1

: a building equipped for bathing

2

: a building containing dressing rooms for bathers

Examples of bathhouse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bathhouse Row's Revival The popularity of the bathhouses declined during the latter half of the 20th century, and by the 1980s, almost all of them had closed. —Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025

Beauty, Wellness, and Fitness Tbilisi has a reputation for wellness due to its sulfur-rich hot springs feeding the clutch of bathhouses downtown. —Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025

Staff repainted the Cyclone Zone, Ridge Rider and Wild Slide; a new Coca-Cola refresh station was added; and the bathhouse in WildWater Adventure was updated. —Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2025

Another quick show of skin is after defeating Gwi-Ma, Rumi, Mira (May Hong) and Zoey (Ji-young Yoo) take a much-deserved soak in a bathhouse hot tub. —Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1705, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bathhouse

• alehouse
• almshouse
• backhouse
• baghouse
• bakehouse
• bauhaus
• blockhouse
• boathouse
• brewhouse
• bunkhouse
• clubhouse
• cookhouse

Kids Definition

bathhouse

noun

bath·​house ˈbath-ˌhau̇s 

ˈbȧth-

1

: bath sense 3b

2

: a building containing dressing rooms for swimmers