Vapor bath Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe; `vapour bath' is a British term
vapour bath; steam bath; steam room.
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noun you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower
vapour bath; steam bath; Turkish bath.
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(a) A bath in vapor; the application of vapor to the body, or part of it, in a close place; also, the place itself.(b) (Chem.) A small metallic drying oven, usually of copper, for drying and heating filter papers, precipitates, etc.; called alsoair bath . A modified form is provided with a jacket in the outside partition for holding water, or other volatile liquid, by which the temperature may be limited exactly to the required degree.
