bathhouse

[ bath-hous, bahth- ]

/ ˈbæθˌhaʊs, ˈbɑθ- /

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noun, plural bath·hous·es

[bath-hou-ziz, bahth-]. /ˈbæθˌhaʊ zɪz, ˈbɑθ-/.

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

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

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Origin of bathhouse

First recorded in 1695–1705; bath¹ + house

Words nearby bathhouse

bath cube, bathe, bather, bathers, bathetic, bathhouse, Bathinette, bathing beauty, bathing cap, bathing costume, bathing-machine

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How to use bathhouse in a sentence

Scramble or hike onto colossal red rocks right out of camp, enjoy the communal bathhouse, and take a hike in the bizarre, maze-like pinnacles inside the national park before cozying up to a crackling campfire.
The Best Hipcamp for Every National Park|Emily Pennington|May 19, 2021|Outside Online
Your kids are going to love roasting marshmallows at the fire pits and taking a bath after the beach in the outdoor clawfoot tubs that are part of the property’s historic bathhouse.
7 Memorial Day Weekend Getaways|Megan Michelson|May 12, 2021|Outside Online
The ranch has a bathhouse, a communal cook shelter and library, and cabins with bunks.
The Ultimate Grand Teton National Park Travel Guide|Dina Mishev|April 7, 2021|Outside Online
The eight-person rental includes two sleeping huts, a kitchen hut, and a bathhouse.
Your New Adventure Travel Bucket List|The Editors|December 21, 2020|Outside Online

Despite years of discrimination, she was eventually allowed to join the faculty at Göttingen, after the esteemed mathematician David Hilbert pointed out that the faculty senate was not a bathhouse.
Do You Know These Scientific Pioneers? - Issue 93: Forerunners|Tom Siegfried|November 25, 2020|Nautilus
There have been at least 50 cases similar to the bathhouse raid in the last 18 months, human-rights groups estimate.
Sisi Is Persecuting, Prosecuting, and Publicly Shaming Egypt’s Gays|Bel Trew|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The lady in black was reading her morning devotions on the porch of a neighboring bathhouse.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
He proceeds to the bathhouse to take his ablution, and thence to the synagogue, leaving the tailor all the while in his pocket.
The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century|Leo Wiener
The whole world was turned into one big, rough towel which smelt of the bathhouse.
The Lady With The Dog and Other Stories|Anton Chekhov
It is not far from the bathhouse, and into it Hogarth had really darted; but when the officers came peering, no trace of him.
The Lord of the Sea|M. P. Shiel
It was situated at the back of the Bathhouse, and would be, to the best of his recollection, some 12ft.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood|J. Conway Walter

British Dictionary definitions for bathhouse

bathhouse

/ (ˈbɑːθˌhaʊs) /

noun

a building containing baths, esp for public use

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