bathhouse

[bath-hous, bahth-]

noun

plural

bathhouses 

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

/ ˈbɑːθˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a building containing baths, esp for public use

Word History and Origins

Origin of bathhouse¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; bath ¹ + house

Example Sentences

Some founders break only to exercise at Barry’s boot camp or sweat out toxins at a bathhouse in the city, like Archimedes Banya, where they can chat about future funding rounds with peers.

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“It’s important for me as an actor to look at the backstory and journey of the character — why would Mancuso be working in the basement of a bathhouse?” he said.

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L.A. descended into the steamy lair of Spa Palace’s pool room for Substack’s sold-out bathhouse literary reading last week, aptly titled “A Night of Desire.”

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On May 21, the city Board of Public Works authorized hiring Perkins Eastman to do $2.4 million in architectural design and engineering work on the pools and bathhouse.

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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.

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