bathhouse

American  

[bath-haus, bahth-] / ˈbæθˌhaʊs, ˈbɑθ- /

noun

• bathhouses
  plural

1. a structure, as at the seaside, containing dressing rooms for bathers.

2. a building for bathing, sometimes equipped with swimming pools, medical baths, etc.

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bathhouse British  

/ ˈbɑːθˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a building containing baths, esp for public use

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bathhouses
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of bathhouse

First recorded in 1695–1705; bath ¹ + house

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Example Sentences

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Voda Spa pairs traditional Russian bathhouse rituals with a contemporary approach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Other accidental discoveries in the city have included a 2,000-year-old Roman bathhouse.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

It’s a hilarious take on bonding with ancestors, in this case in an intergalactic bathhouse where Zaalan’s Syrian ancestors must field obnoxious first world questions from millennial descendants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

I opted for the Red Flower Hammam Experience, a luxurious take on the traditional bathhouse ritual.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026

To my right was the bathhouse, smooth and poured.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

One street has become the neighborhood’s unofficial wellness avenue, where there’s just store after store of red-light therapy, bathhouses, and microneedling.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

In “Bathhouse.pptx,” Jesús I. Valles investigates the fading history of gay bathhouses, bringing to life both the marginalized people who reveled in them and the forgotten people who cleaned them.

From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2024

The Seoul Metropolitan Government is scheduled to inspect some 3,200 public facilities, including hotels and bathhouses, to assess their sanitary conditions.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023

Instead, portable bathrooms and sinks are stationed throughout the property, plus two bathhouses with hot showers.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

Inside the city walls, they rode past guildhalls, markets, and bathhouses.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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