sauna

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/ˈsɔː.nə/

noun 5verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

beautiful, enough, hot, nice, seated

VERB + SAUNA

entered, entering, go, goes, got, isn't, like, use

SAUNA + NOUN

apartment, basement, clothes, home, jacuzzi

PREP.

after, in, in, into, out

Definitions

noun

A room or a house designed for heat sessions.

The hotel has a sauna in the basement.

Of course, it will never get -100 here like it does in Antarctica, but a 300-degree swing was still theoretically possible on a record-cold Minnesota morning–if we got the sauna hot enough.

The act of using a sauna.

John had a sauna after his swim.

Joanne went for a sauna after her swim.

A public sauna.

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.

McPhail ran Maitland's brothels—knocking-shops in Maryhill, Riddrie, Dennistoun, and the more upscale saunas in the West End and city centre.

A very hot place or room.

verb

To use a sauna.

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Example Bank

The hotel has a sauna in the basement.

Wiktionary

Of course, it will never get -100 here like it does in Antarctica, but a 300-degree swing was still theoretically possible on a record-cold Minnesota morning–if we got the sauna hot enough.

Wiktionary

John had a sauna after his swim.

Wiktionary

An insulated soft-wood room and a good heater are the absolute necessities for a sauna.

Tatoeba · #329640

He was in the process of meditating before the mandala when she entered the sauna.

Tatoeba · #542391

There's a sauna and a pool.

Tatoeba · #2300609

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