Lexic.us

Definition of Steam bath

1. Noun. A room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe; 'vapour bath' is a British term.

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

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Steam Bath

steamings steamroll steamrolled steamroller steamrollered steamrollering steamrollers steamrolling steamrolls steams

steamship steamships steamship company steamship line steamy steam bath (current term) steam boiler steam chest steam clean steam coal

steam engine steam fitting steam heat steam heating steam iron steam line steam locomotive steam organ steam pipe steam room

Literary usage of Steam bath

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1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"9 (1.5 g, 9.3 mmol), excess 1,3-butadiene (2 ml, 22 mmol), and 2 ml of CC14 were heated in a sealed tube over a steam bath for 18 hr. ..."

2. The Land of the Long Night by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu (1899)
"Of course they did not mean a water bath, but a steam bath. ... Come, and we will show you how we work out a steam bath in our country. ..."

3. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiologic Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1915)
"Acid Steam-bath.—An acid steam-bath, which is a valuable application in rheumatism, is given by preparing the patient in the usual manner, and placing about ..."

4. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiologic Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1912)
"Acid Steam-bath.—An acid steam-bath, which is a valuable application in rheumatism, is given by preparing the patient in the usual manner, and placing about ..."

5. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiologic Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle, May E. Young (1910)
"Steam-bath.—An acid steam-bath, which is a valuable application in rheumatism,is given by preparing the patient in the usual manner, and placing about her ..."

6. A Manual of Personal Hygiene: Proper Living Upon a Physiologic Basis by Walter Lytle Pyle (1912)
"Acid Steam-bath.—An acid steam-bath, which is a valu able application in rheumatism, is given by preparing the patient in the usual manner, ..."

7. Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska: Formerly Russian America by Frederick Whymper (1868)
"... Russian steam-bath — " Total immersion " — The island — Incident of break-up of ice — Arrival of dead Indian sledge-driver — Steamboat trip — Steamer ..."

8. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1858)
"By these varied means, much additional power is given to the steam- bath, ... Such a steam-bath, in its simplest form, should not cost more than a few cents ..."

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