Meanings
alternative sento
- A Japanese bathhouse.
Locals, meanwhile, are more likely to be found at Tecopa's utilitarian public bathhouse, where $10 will get you a day pass. The Japanese sentō-style setup consists of two single-gender baths with adjoining locker rooms. Nude bathing only.
2024, Caroline Clements and Dillon Seitchik-Reardon, Places We Swim California, page 205 - pluralplural of sentō
Origin
- Japanese銭湯
- Englishsentō
Borrowed from Japanese 銭湯.
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sentō. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sent%C5%8D
“sentō.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sent%C5%8D. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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