plunge pool
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of plunge pool
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Surrounded by red columns and frescoes of athletes, a visitor could cool off in the plunge pool, which is so large 20-30 people could fit in it.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
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
The guesthouse, similarly styled with bold shades of gray, tacks on a plunge pool of its own.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2022
The team sent tracer dyes into an engineered plunge pool that pushed water into the hyporheic.
From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2022
My irrepressible, funny granddaughter is coming to stay for two weeks and we will visit the zoo, the aquarium, several museums and the local plunge pool.
From New York Times • May 29, 2021
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