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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Each set of rooms for the ladies' and gentlemen's Turkish baths comprises undressing room and cooling room, two sudorific chambers, shampooing room, douche room with cold plunge bath, and a separate chamber with warm plunge.

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

For these purposes a small room, with the various appliances named, and a large chamber containing a more or less ample plunge bath, must be provided.

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

The floor of the plunge bath may thus be made very pretty.

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

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.

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