Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small room or structure that provides dry heat or steam for bathing or refreshing the body.
- noun A bath or period of time spent in a sauna.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
- noun An act of using a sauna.
- noun A public sauna; a front for a
brothel in some countries. - verb To use a sauna.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Clad in alder wood, the sauna is available in three sizes, starting at around $30,000 for the 200 sq-ft model plus shipping and assembly.
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The sauna is good and your dad is have fun throwing snowballs at me ... some things never change!
Visiting the capitol Anna 2009
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This traditional Finnish sauna is free and open to the public as long as you bring towels, togs and flip-flops.
Letter to America 2007
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As best as we can tell from the Swedish site, the sauna is built with a glue-lam type structure which resists the rigors of water and steam.
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World Video: Russian contestant dies in Finnish sauna contest
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Someone pointed out the rowboat at the shoreline, noting that a rowboat and a sauna were the only two pieces of equipment necessary for mökki living.
Saunas and Silence 2009
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Someone pointed out the rowboat at the shoreline, noting that a rowboat and a sauna were the only two pieces of equipment necessary for mökki living.
Saunas and Silence 2009
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In my years at the center, I believe I was the only nonwrestler allowed by the wrestlers into their sauna, which is right off their practice floor.
Zero Regrets Apolo Ohno 2010
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In my years at the center, I believe I was the only nonwrestler allowed by the wrestlers into their sauna, which is right off their practice floor.
Zero Regrets Apolo Ohno 2010
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In my years at the center, I believe I was the only nonwrestler allowed by the wrestlers into their sauna, which is right off their practice floor.
Zero Regrets Apolo Ohno 2010
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March 4, 2008
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July 6, 2008
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