bathhouse

CEFRC1

/ˈbæθˌhaʊs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A building where people can bathe or use public baths.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A building where swimmers can change clothes.

Examples

  • All the town needs is a bathhouse with jacuzzis and saunas.

  • Did they heat up the bathhouse?

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.

  2. A building with baths for communal use.

More examples

In context

  • The fire started in the bathhouse.

  • […] a plethora of taverns, victuals, brew houses, hostelries, bathhouses, brothels, bearbaiting and bullbaiting arenas jostled for space with shops of stockfishmongers, garlicmongers, and bakemongers.

  • The landslide hit Xiangning county in Shanxi province early Friday evening, provincial authorities said. Two residential buildings, home to a total of 14 households, and a public bathhouse collapsed under the weight of the falling earth.

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English bathhous, bathous, from Old English bæþhūs (“bathhouse”), equivalent to bath + house. Cognate with Dutch badhuis (“bathhouse”), German Badehaus (“bathhouse”), German Low German Baadhuus, Boodhuus (“bathhouse”), Danish badehus (“bathhouse”), Norwegian Bokmål badehus (“bathhouse”), Norwegian Nynorsk badehus (“bathhouse”), Swedish badhus (“bathhouse”).