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Definition of Turkish bath

Turkish bath
Bath Bath (b[.a]th; 61), n.; pl. Baths (b[.a]thz). [AS. b[ae][eth]; akin to OS. & Icel. ba[eth], Sw., Dan., D., & G. bad, and perh. to G. b["a]hen to foment.] 1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath. 2. Water or other liquid for bathing. 3. A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water. 4. A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing. Among the ancients, the public baths were of amazing extent and magnificence. --Gwilt. 5. (Chem.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body. 6. (Photog.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution. Note: Bath is used adjectively or in combination, in an obvious sense of or for baths or bathing; as, bathroom, bath tub, bath keeper. Douche bath. See Douche. Order of the Bath, a high order of British knighthood, composed of three classes, viz., knights grand cross, knights commanders, and knights companions, abbreviated thus: G. C. B., K. C. B., K. B. Russian bath, a kind of vapor bath which consists in a prolonged exposure of the body to the influence of the steam of water, followed by washings and shampooings. Turkish bath, a kind of bath in which a profuse perspiration is produced by hot air, after which the body is washed and shampooed. Bath house, a house used for the purpose of bathing; -- also a small house, near a bathing place, where a bather undresses and dresses.

Meaning of Turkish bath from wikipedia

- The Turkish Bath (Le Bain turc) is an oil painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, initially completed between 1852 and 1859, but modified in 1862. The...
- The Victorian Turkish bath is a type of bath in which the bather sweats freely in hot dry air, is then washed, often m****aged, and has a cold wash or shower...
- (Arabic: حمّام, romanized: ḥammām), also often called a Turkish bath by Westerners, is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing ****ociated with the...
- Turkish bath may refer to: Hammam, a steam bath used for centuries throughout the Islamic world for personal cleansing and socialising. Victorian Turkish...
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Brill. "About Bath Houses, Turkish Baths and Sauna Culture and Bath Resources". Aquariussauna.com. Retrieved 2014-05-21...
- (2015). Victorian Turkish baths. (Swindon: Historic England) pp.21—25; 49—50. ISBN 978-1-84802-230-0 'The Improved Turkish or Irish bath' [Advert]. Waterford...
- Turkish Women at the Bath is an album by drummer Pete La Roca which features saxophonist John Gilmore and pianist Chick Corea. It was recorded in 1967...
- (disambiguation) Turkey (disambiguation) Turkiye (disambiguation) Turkish Bath (disambiguation) Turkish po****tion, the number of ethnic Turkish people in the...
- Hamam (Italian: Il bagno turco, also known as Steam: The Turkish Bath) is a 1997 Italian–Turkish–Spanish film directed by Ferzan Özpetek about the powerful...
- Secret Turkish Bath (（秘）トルコ風呂 (****anese: Maruhi Toruko-buro)) is a 1968 ****anese film. The film stars Reiko Ohara and is directed by Shinji Murayama. It...