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.

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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

Etymology

Origin of bathhouse

First recorded in 1695–1705; bath ¹ + house

Example Sentences

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bathhouse bathhouses

She’s pressed into the service of a controlling witch, Yubaba, who runs a bathhouse where Chihiro finds work.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 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

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

Then, when I was talking to a friend, he reminded me that I knew this place — the Pico Burnside Baths, which was an old Russian Jewish bathhouse.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025

“Good girl,” he told me, squeezing me in a bit, a coach’s hug, then swaggering off toward the bathhouse.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

I made it a butterfly because the show is about these bathhouses that have pingpong, and Butterfly is a really famous table tennis brand.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

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 sauna, with its Scandinavian origins, has long been popular at spas and bathhouses throughout the United States, but the concept of a floating sauna is more novel.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 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

Steam hung in the air, like the bathhouse back at Camp Jupiter, except bathhouses usually didn’t have thunderstorms crackling across the ceiling, lighting the room in disorienting flashes.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan