Hummum

//ˈhʌməm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Turkish bath.

    "a curious summer-house, excelling all his other for prospect, painting, hummum, waterworks, and a forest which is stored with game of several sorts"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of humhum (“towelling fabric”). alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

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bathbathedouchesaunashowersponge

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"a curious summer-house, excelling all his other for prospect, painting, hummum, waterworks, and a forest which is stored with game of several sorts"

Etymology

From Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).

Related phrases

turkish bath

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