sauna

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
The act of using a sauna.
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.
A very hot place or room.

verb

sô′nə sou′nə /ˈsɔː.nə/ /ˈsaʊ.nə/ /ˈsɑː.nə/ en-us-sauna.ogg

sauna saunas saunaing saunaed

Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack.

firebath

banya bathhouse hammam spa steam bath sudatorium sudatory sweat lodge Turkish bath

barrel sauna cryosauna malt sauna sauna blanket sauna hat saunalike sauna pillow sauna stool sauna suit sauna water smoke sauna

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