bathhouse

[ bath-hous, bahth- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural bath·hous·es [bath, -hou-ziz, bahth, -].

a structure, as at the seaside, containing dressing rooms for bathers.
a building for bathing, sometimes equipped with swimming pools, medical baths, etc.

bathhouse

/ ˈbɑːθˌhaʊs /

First recorded in 1695–1705; bath ¹ + house

There have been at least 50 cases similar to the bathhouse raid in the last 18 months, human-rights groups estimate.

The lady in black was reading her morning devotions on the porch of a neighboring bathhouse.

He proceeds to the bathhouse to take his ablution, and thence to the synagogue, leaving the tailor all the while in his pocket.

The whole world was turned into one big, rough towel which smelt of the bathhouse.

It is not far from the bathhouse, and into it Hogarth had really darted; but when the officers came peering, no trace of him.

It was situated at the back of the Bathhouse, and would be, to the best of his recollection, some 12ft.

Browse