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bathhouse

American  
[bath-hous, 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.


bathhouse British  
/ ˈbɑːθˌhaʊs /

noun

  1. a building containing baths, esp for public use

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of bathhouse

First recorded in 1695–1705; bath 1 + house

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

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

The bathhouse has been a staple of global wellness culture for thousands of years, from Turkish hammams to Japanese onsen.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2025

Even the bathrooms are opulent in that uncanny, chain-restaurant way: part suburban shopping plaza, part Ancient Egyptian bathhouse, all backlit marble and echoing tile.

From Salon May 19, 2025

Within a bathhouse, there are so many different rooms, with their own temperatures, made out of different things.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2025

Despite my busy night, I’d barely slept past sunrise, so I had easy access to the bathhouse.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

All over Japan, restaurants, cafeterias, bathhouses and other businesses are facing a similar prospect.

From New York Times Jun. 7, 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

There were a number of bathhouses along the beach, of rough but solid construction, built with small, protecting galleries facing the water.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

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