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sauna
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As a noun, sauna means a room or a house designed for heat sessions. As a verb, it means use a sauna.
Meanings of sauna
7 meaningsnoun
A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
“The hotel has a sauna in the basement.”
The act of using a sauna.
“John had a sauna after his swim.”
“Joanne went for a sauna after her swim.”
A public sauna.
In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse or massage parlour.
informalfigurativelyA very hot place or room.
A Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks
Similar: sweat room
verb
To use a sauna.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).