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Steam bath

noun

A room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe; 'vapour bath' is a British term. Synonyms: steam room, vapor bath, vapour bath.

You sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower. Synonyms: Turkish bath, vapor bath, vapour bath.

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"Steam bath" Quotes from Famous Books

... benzyl chloride (b. p. 170-180'0) mixed with 1 kg. of alcohol is run in through the separatory funnel in the course of one-half to three-quarters of an hour. The mixture is then heated with a reflux condenser on the steam bath for four hours, cooled and filtered with suction to remove most of the sodium chloride. It is well to wash the filtered salt with a small portion of alcohol in order to remove any benzyl cyanide which may have been mechanically held. ...

— Organic Syntheses • James Bryant Conant

Words linked to "Steam bath" : sweat room, sauna, washup, vapour bath, room, bathing