steam bath

noun

1. a bath of steam, usually in a specially equipped room or enclosure, for cleansing or refreshing oneself.
2. a special room or enclosure, or an establishment containing it, for such a bath.
3. a bath of steam used in laboratories for sterilizing equipment, utensils, etc.

steam bath

noun

1. a room or enclosure that can be filled with steam in which people bathe to induce sweating and refresh or cleanse themselves
2. an act of taking such a bath
3. an enclosure through which steam can be passed continuously, used in laboratories for sterilizing equipment, maintaining a constant temperature, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of steam bath¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

The latter is saturated on a steam bath, cooled to 20, filtered and diluted with an equal volume of water before it is used.

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Evaporate the other half to dryness and moisten with a solution of boric acid and dry on a steam bath.

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Fausta was suffocated in a steam bath, though she had been his wife for twenty years and mother of three of his sons.

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Place the flask on the steam bath for 15 minutes, adding hydrogen peroxid in 0.5-cc.

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Evaporate slowly on the steam bath with frequent stirring to a dry, powdery mass.

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