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

With almost nothing to see, hear or feel an hour in a flotation tank induces a deeply relaxed state, similar to the effects of meditation.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2016

Bush will perform The Ninth Wave, the conceptual suite from her 1985 classic album Hounds of Love, as part of the show, and spent three days in a flotation tank for the filmed sequences.

From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2014