"Victorian Turkish bath" meaning in All languages combined

See Victorian Turkish bath on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Victorian Turkish baths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Victorian Turkish bath}} Victorian Turkish bath (plural Victorian Turkish baths)
  1. A bathing procedure in which the bather sweats freely in a room heated by hot dry air (or in a series of two or three such rooms maintained at progressively higher temperatures), usually followed by a cold plunge, a full body wash and massage, and a final period of relaxation in a cooling-room.
    Sense id: en-Victorian_Turkish_bath-en-noun-Bo1iiiOn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. (sometimes in the plural) a specific named establishment offering such baths. Tags: in-plural, sometimes
    Sense id: en-Victorian_Turkish_bath-en-noun-EdzEVvTn

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