frigidarium
(in an ancient Roman bath) a room having a bath of unheated water.
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How to use frigidarium in a sentence
He rose with a friendly nod, and passed through the great door in the inner wall into the frigidarium.
Quintus Claudius, Volume 2 of 2 | Ernst EcksteinThe topmost vessel, the frigidarium, contained cold water from which the hot water tanks and the various baths were supplied.
History of Sanitation | John Joseph CosgroveThey passed to the frigidarium, in the middle of which played a fountain of bright rose-color, emitting the odor of violets.
Quo Vadis | Henryk SienkiewiczBut at that moment, and beyond the curtain of the frigidarium, appeared the heads of the balneatores, and a low "Psst!"
Quo Vadis | Henryk SienkiewiczA sundial stood on the roof of the frigidarium and men's caldarium, supported by a foundation of masonry still visible.
Pompeii, Its Life and Art | August Mau
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