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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of bathing through exposure to steam, which induces perspiration.
- noun A room or building equipped to provide bathing with steam.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
room orbuilding filled with steam, in which people sit andsweat . - noun The act of
bathing byexposure to steam.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower
- noun a room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe; `vapour bath' is a British term
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mollusque commented on the word steam bath
Citation at rubdown.
September 5, 2009