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bathhouse

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English bathhous, bathous, from Old English bæþhūs (bathhouse), equivalent to bath +‎ house. Cognate with Dutch badhuis (bathhouse), German Badehaus (bathhouse), German Low German Baadhuus, Boodhuus (bathhouse), Danish badehus (bathhouse), Norwegian Bokmål badehus (bathhouse), Norwegian Nynorsk badehus (bathhouse), Swedish badhus (bathhouse).

Noun

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bathhouse (plural bathhouses)

  1. A building with baths for communal use.
  2. A building where swimmers can change clothes.
  3. A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.

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