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plunge pool

American  

noun

  1. the water in a plunge basin.


Etymology

Origin of plunge pool

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

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A pipe brought water in from the street - with some syphoned off into the cold plunge pool - and the rest was heated in a lead boiler destined for the hot room.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025

This spring, Berlin will add a Scandinavian-style sauna and cold plunge pool overlooking the ocean.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024

It was the fact that I was seeing the bodies of my friends and of strangers in such unfiltered glory, like I was visiting a cold plunge pool for my brain.

From Salon • May 6, 2023

Likely winner: Yes, Emmy night is going to be one long Pineapple Suite plunge pool of an evening for “The White Lotus” gang.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2022

The team sent tracer dyes into an engineered plunge pool that pushed water into the hyporheic.

From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2022

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