bathhouse

bathhouse
/bath"hows', bahth"-/, n., pl. bathhouses /-how'ziz/.
1. a structure, as at the seaside, containing dressing rooms for bathers.
2. a building for bathing, sometimes equipped with swimming pools, medical baths, etc.
[1695-1705; BATH1 + HOUSE]

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