Sauna

//ˈsɔː.nə// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A room or a house designed for heat sessions.

    "The hotel has a sauna in the basement."

  2. 2
    a Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of using a sauna.

    "John had a sauna after his swim."

  4. 4
    A public sauna.
  5. 5
    In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse or massage parlour.

    "McPhail ran Maitland's brothels—knocking-shops in Maryhill, Riddrie, Dennistoun, and the more upscale saunas in the West End and city centre."

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  1. 6
    A very hot place or room. figuratively, informal
Verb
  1. 1
    To use a sauna.

Synonyms

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bagniobalneaebalneumbathbathebathhouse

Example

More examples

"An insulated soft-wood room and a good heater are the absolute necessities for a sauna."

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack.

Related phrases

barrel saunamalt saunasauna blanketsauna hatsauna pillowsauna stoolsauna suitsmoke saunaturkish bath

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