flotation tank

British  

noun

1. an enclosed ventilated tank filled with a saline solution at body temperature, in which a person floats in darkness in order to relax or meditate

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Example Sentences

McDermott’s childhood memories are matched by naïvely excited music; the flotation tank, by a soporific étude; the simulated coma, by music so shapeless yet alluring that it could have been written by Satie.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

And I got a vision, floating in the flotation tank, of me and Philip onstage together.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2023

At Lift, the flotation tank looks like a cross between a sleek car top carrier and a huge bidet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2016

“The world is so beautiful” To better understand what happens inside the flotation tank, I dropped $100 to experience an hour of senselessness at Lift/Next Level Floats, in trendy Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2016

Fans of The Simpsons will remember Homer going on a psychedelic flotation tank trip, or the cult 1980 film Altered States, where a scientist experiments on himself in a tank and goes berserk.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2016