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plunge bath

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noun

  1. a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into

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To help his body recuperate, Reeves had the kind of cold plunge bath used by high-level athletes installed in his guest bathroom.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2014

When a plunge bath is taken, the safest temperature is from eighty to ninety degrees, which answers the purposes of both cleansing and refreshing.

From Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by Young, John H.

Do not take a cold plunge bath unless advised to do so by a physician.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam

A plunge bath should also be added, but in small hydropathics may be dispensed with altogether.

From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen

In deciding the position of the plunge bath there is one point to be strongly guarded against, and that is, that it be not stowed away in a damp, cold-looking, cellar-like place.

From The Turkish Bath Its Design and Construction by Allsop, Robert Owen