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sauna.

A room or a house designed for heat sessions.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɔː.nə//ˈsaʊ.nə//ˈsɑː.nə/cot-caught-merger
  1. A room or a house designed for heat sessions.

    The hotel has a sauna in the basement.
  2. The act of using a sauna.

    John had a sauna after his swim.
    Joanne went for a sauna after her swim.
  3. In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse or massage parlour.

  4. A very hot place or room.

    figuratively · informal
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Possibly a doublet of stack.

verb/ˈsɔː.nə//ˈsaʊ.nə//ˈsɑː.nə/cot-caught-merger
  1. To use a sauna.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Possibly a doublet of stack.

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