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Definition of Steam bath

1. Noun. A room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe; 'vapour bath' is a British term.

2. Noun. You sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower.

Definition of Steam bath

1. Noun. A room or building filled with steam, in which people sit and sweat. ¹

2. Noun. The act of bathing by exposure to steam. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steam Bath

stealthiness stealthinesses stealthlike stealths stealthy steam steam-crack steam-cracked steam-cracking steam-cracks

steam-engine steam-heat steam-powered steam-ship steam-ships steam bath (current term) steam baths steam boiler steam boilers steam chest

steam clean steam coal steam condenser steam condensers steam cracker steam cracking steam distillation steam engine steam engines steam fitting

Literary usage of Steam bath

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"9 (1.5 g, 9.3 mmol), excess 1,3-butadiene (2 ml, 22 mmol), and 2 ml of CC14 were heated in a sealed tube over a steam bath for 18 hr. ..."

2. The Land of the Long Night by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1899)
"Of course they did not mean a water bath, but a steam bath. ... Come, and we will show you how we work out a steam bath in our country. ..."

3. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiologic Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1915)
"Acid Steam-bath.—An acid steam-bath, which is a valuable application in rheumatism, is given by preparing the patient in the usual manner, and placing about ..."

4. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiologic Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1912)
"Acid Steam-bath.—An acid steam-bath, which is a valuable application in rheumatism, is given by preparing the patient in the usual manner, and placing about ..."

5. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiologic Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle, May E. Young (1910)
"Steam-bath.—An acid steam-bath, which is a valuable application in rheumatism,is given by preparing the patient in the usual manner, and placing about her ..."

6. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiologic Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1912)
"Acid Steam-bath.—An acid steam-bath, which is a valu able application in rheumatism, is given by preparing the patient in the usual manner, ..."

7. Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska: Formerly Russian America by Frederick Whymper (1868)
"... Russian steam-bath — " Total immersion " — The island — Incident of break-up of ice — Arrival of dead Indian sledge-driver — Steamboat trip — Steamer ..."

8. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1858)
"By these varied means, much additional power is given to the steam- bath, ... Such a steam-bath, in its simplest form, should not cost more than a few cents ..."

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