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plunge pool

American  

noun

  1. the water in a plunge basin.


Etymology

Origin of plunge pool

First recorded in 1915–20


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A pipe brought water in from the street - with some syphoned off into the cold plunge pool - and the rest was heated in a lead boiler destined for the hot room.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025

This spring, Berlin will add a Scandinavian-style sauna and cold plunge pool overlooking the ocean.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

It was the fact that I was seeing the bodies of my friends and of strangers in such unfiltered glory, like I was visiting a cold plunge pool for my brain.

From Salon ● May 6, 2023

The team sent tracer dyes into an engineered plunge pool that pushed water into the hyporheic.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2022

During their stay, Timberlake and Biel remodeled the salmon-colored villa and added an 85-foot-long infinity pool, which pours into a plunge pool below.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2021

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