TURKISH BATH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Turkish bath mean? 

• TURKISH BATH (noun)
  The noun TURKISH BATH has 2 senses:

1. a steam room where facilities are available for a bath followed by a shower and massage

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

  Familiarity information: TURKISH BATH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURKISH BATH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A steam room where facilities are available for a bath followed by a shower and massage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Turkish bath" is a kind of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

steam bath; Turkish bath; vapor bath; vapour bath

Hypernyms ("Turkish bath" is a kind of...):

bathing; washup (the act of washing yourself (or another person))

 Context examples 

But, for all that, the Turkish bath has served a purpose.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A Turkish bath is what we call an alterative in medicine—a fresh starting-point, a cleanser of the system.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“By the way, Holmes,” I added, “I have no doubt the connection between my boots and a Turkish bath is a perfectly self-evident one to a logical mind, and yet I should be obliged to you if you would indicate it.”

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)