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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

Besides, they were compelled, every morning, summer and winter, to take a cold plunge bath.

From Contemporary Russian Novelists by Persky, Serge

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

There are three features of the bath that are fit subjects for handsome designing, and they are the frigidarium, the tepidarium, and the plunge bath.

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

In it may be required a shampooing slab, and, possibly, a small plunge bath, in addition to the lavatrina, reclining-bench, and what water fittings are to be provided.

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