caldarium
(in an ancient Roman bath) a room having a hot bath.
Origin of caldarium
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How to use caldarium in a sentence
At one end of the caldarium we find the bath basin, alveus; at the other is the support of the labrum, which has disappeared.
Pompeii, Its Life and Art | August MauA sundial stood on the roof of the frigidarium and men's caldarium, supported by a foundation of masonry still visible.
Pompeii, Its Life and Art | August MauThis alveus would accommodate eight bathers, that in the men's caldarium perhaps ten.
Pompeii, Its Life and Art | August MauThe caldarium and the side of the tepidarium next to it were provided with hollow walls; a hollow floor extended under both rooms.
Pompeii, Its Life and Art | August MauThe caldarium, like those of the public baths, had a bath basin and a semicircular niche for the labrum.
Pompeii, Its Life and Art | August Mau
British Dictionary definitions for caldarium
/ (kælˈdɛərɪəm) /
(in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
Origin of caldarium
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