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Definition of Bath house

Bath house
Bath Bath (b[.a]th; 61), n.; pl. Baths (b[.a]thz). [AS. b[ae][eth]; akin to OS. & Icel. ba[eth], Sw., Dan., D., & G. bad, and perh. to G. b["a]hen to foment.] 1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath. 2. Water or other liquid for bathing. 3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water. 4. A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing. Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence. --Gwilt. 5. (Chem.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body. 6. (Photog.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution. Note: Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom, bath tub, bath keeper. Douche bath. See Douche. Order of the Bath, a high order of British knighthood, composed of three classes, viz., knights grand cross, knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated thus: G. C. B., K. C. B., K. B. Russian bath, a kind of vapor bath which consists in a prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings. Turkish bath, a kind of bath in which a profuse perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body is washed and shampooed. Bath house, a house used for the purpose of bathing; -- also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather undresses and dresses.

Meaning of Bath house from wikipedia

- free. In the Heian period, houses of prominent families, such as the families of court nobles or samurai, had baths. The bath had lost its religious significance...
- its primary sense, a bath or bathing-vessel, such as most persons of any consequence among the Romans possessed in their own houses, and hence the chamber...
- The Trenton Bath House is an influential design by the architect Louis Kahn, with the help of his ****ociate, architect Anne Tyng. This changing room facility...
- Fairfield House, in Newbridge, Bath, England is a Grade II listed building. It was the residence of Haile Sel****ie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, during the...
- concentrated on the sites of the mansio and bath-house. The remains visible today are those of the stone bath house and mansio, built in approximately 130 CE...
- **** bathhouse, also known as a **** sauna or a **** steambath, is a public bath targeted towards **** and bi****ual men. In **** slang, a bathhouse may be called...
- Ravengl**** Roman Bath House (also known as Walls Castle) is a ruined ancient Roman bath house at Ravengl****, ****bria, England. Belonging to a 2nd-century...
- in four main features: the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House, and a museum which holds artefacts from Aquae Sulis. However, all buildings...
- Bath House in Piccadilly was the London residence of the Barons Ashburton in the 19th century. Formerly the site of the Pulteney Hotel, the property was...
- The Oliver Bath House is located at 38 S 10th Street in the South Side Flats neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Built in 1915 in the Tudor Revival...