frigidarium
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Finally, they would enter the largest and most spectacular room of all - the frigidarium, or cold room.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
Exposed now is a Roman thermal bath with its frigidarium, or cold room, almost intact.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shadow-travel left her groggy and nauseous, as if she’d been dragged from the cold waters of the frigidarium into the sauna at a Roman bathhouse.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
A lavatory must be placed in the frigidarium when used as the dressing room.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen
The plunge-bath chamber should be well lighted, but not above the tone of the frigidarium, or the bather will feel to be going from cheerfulness to comparative gloom, which would be unpleasant.
From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen
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