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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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You have your own private plunge pool and we get our services in the suite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025

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

After maxing out at 10 minutes in the sauna, she threw herself into the ice-cold plunge pool, then recovered with a warm shower, which left her feeling serene, floaty.

From New York Times ● May 26, 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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