Phrase guide

steam bath

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of bathing by exposure to steam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Turkish bath, vapor bath, vapour bath

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: washup, bathing

4

noun

Meaning 4

a room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe; `vapour bath' is a British term

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: steam room, vapor bath, vapour bath

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: room

Narrower terms: sauna, sweat room, Turkish bath

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: շոգեբաղնիք (šogebaġnikʻ) — room for bathing
  • Bulgarian: парна баня (parna banja) — room for bathing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒸汽浴 (zhēngqìyù) — room for bathing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒸汽室 (zhēngqìshì) — room for bathing
  • Finnish: höyrysauna — room for bathing
  • French: hammam — room for bathing
  • French: bain de vapeur — room for bathing
  • Ancient Greek: πυρία (puría) — room for bathing
  • Hungarian: gőzfürdő — room for bathing
  • Icelandic: gufubað — room for bathing
  • Icelandic: eimbað — room for bathing
  • Latin: sūdātōrium — room for bathing
  • Polish: łaźnia parowa — room for bathing
  • Portuguese: banho de vapor — room for bathing
  • Portuguese: banho a vapor — room for bathing
  • Portuguese: banho turco — room for bathing
  • Russian: ба́ня (bánja) — room for bathing
  • Russian: парова́я ба́ня (parovája bánja) — room for bathing
  • Swedish: ångbad — room for bathing
  • Swedish: ångbastu — room for bathing
  • Lower Tanana: tthadheɬ t'ox — room for bathing
  • Turkish: hamam — room for bathing
  • Yiddish: שוויץ (shvits) — room for bathing
  • Yiddish: שוויצבאָד (shvitsbod) — room for bathing
  • Yup'ik: maqivik — room for bathing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蒸汽浴 (zhēngqìyù) — act of bathing
  • Finnish: höyrykylpy — act of bathing
  • French: bain de vapeur — act of bathing
  • Hungarian: gőzfürdőzés — act of bathing
  • Icelandic: gufubað — act of bathing
  • Icelandic: eimbað — act of bathing
  • Portuguese: banho de vapor — act of bathing
  • Portuguese: banho a vapor — act of bathing
  • Russian: ба́ня (bánja) — act of bathing
  • Russian: купа́ние (kupánije) — act of bathing
  • Swedish: ångbad — act of bathing