furo

American  

[foor-oh, foo-raw] / ˈfʊər oʊ, ˈfu rɔ /

noun

furos, plural furo plural

1. a short, deep Japanese bathtub, often with a seat, in which a person sits upright while soaking in hot water.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• furo
  plural
• furos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of furo

< Japanese, earlier *fū-ro < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese fēnglú a kind of stove

Example Sentences

Come back for a little cognac by the fire and then head to the Bridge House Spa for an amazing soak in the Japanese furo surrounded by cathedral windows looking over the frozen meadows.

From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2018

Go for a long hike, then soak in an outdoor Japanese furo tub under tsugi pines.

From Time Magazine Archive

The trees closing over my head in the Amazon furo made me feel the presence of something beyond myself, an intuition shared by almost everyone who has walked in the woods alone.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

We shot through a furo two thousand feet long and six feet wide.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Ecco Selvaggia, Ecco Cin da Pistoja; Guitton d'Arezzo; Ecco i due Guidi che già furo in prezzo.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)