sweat room

sweat room
noun
a Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks
Syn: ↑sauna
Hypernyms: ↑steam bath, ↑steam room, ↑vapor bath, ↑vapour bath

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noun

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sweat room,
a room in which tobacco or other agricultural produce is sweated.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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