BATHHOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bathhouse mean? 

• BATHHOUSE (noun)
  The noun BATHHOUSE has 2 senses:

1. a building containing dressing rooms for bathers

2. a building containing public baths

  Familiarity information: BATHHOUSE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATHHOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A building containing dressing rooms for bathers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bathhouse; bathing machine

Hypernyms ("bathhouse" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Meronyms (parts of "bathhouse"):

dressing room (a room in which you can change clothes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A building containing public baths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bagnio; bathhouse

Hypernyms ("bathhouse" is a kind of...):

house (a building in which something is sheltered or located)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bathhouse"):

sudatorium; sudatory (a bathhouse for hot air baths or steam baths)