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

[Finnish.]

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Examples

  • 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.

    PREFAB FRIDAY: The SeaSauna | Inhabitat 2006

  • The sauna is good and your dad is have fun throwing snowballs at me ... some things never change!

    Visiting the capitol Anna 2009

  • 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

  • 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.

    PREFAB FRIDAY: The SeaSauna | Inhabitat 2006

  • World Video: Russian contestant dies in Finnish sauna contest

    Yahoo! News: Top Stories 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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