Meanings
plural vapour baths · alternative vapor bath
- steam bath
He [the high priest of the Sun] enjoined the people to fast and to take vapour baths during the four days before the new moon.
1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 146
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe; ‘vapour bath’ is a British term
nounyou sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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vapour bath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vapour%20bath
“vapour bath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vapour%20bath. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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