sauna
noun
1 sauna
A Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks.
synonym: sweat room.
Roget 386:
furnace,
stove,
kiln,
oven;
cracker;
hearth,
focus,
combustion chamber;
athanor†,
hypocaust†,
reverberatory;
volcano;
forge,
fiery furnace;
limekiln;
Dutch oven;
tuyere,
brasier†,
salamander,
heater,
warming pan;
boiler,
caldron,
seething caldron,
pot;
urn,
kettle;
chafing-dish;
retort,
crucible,
alembic,
still;
waffle irons;
muffle furnace,
induction furnace;
electric heater,
electric furnace,
electric resistance heat.
[steel-making furnace]
open-hearth furnace.
fireplace,
gas fireplace;
coal fire,
wood fire;
fire-dog,
fire-irons;
grate,
range,
kitchener;
caboose,
camboose†;
poker,
tongs,
shovel,
ashpan,
hob,
trivet;
andiron,
gridiron;
ashdrop;
frying-pan,
stew-pan,
backlog.
[area near a fireplace]
hearth,
inglenook.
[residential heating methods]
oil burner,
gas burner,
Franklin stove,
pot-bellied stove;
wood-burning stove;
central heating,
steam heat,
hot water heat,
gas heat,
forced hot air,
electric heat,
heat pump;
solar heat,
convective heat.
hothouse,
bakehouse†,
washhouse†;
laundry;
conservatory;
sudatory†;
Turkish bath,
Russian bath,
vapor bath,
steam bath,
sauna,
warm bath;
vaporarium†.
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Dutch: sauna
Polish: sauna
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