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sauna

/ˈsɔː.nə/ noun C1
  1. A room or a house designed for heat sessions. · The hotel has a sauna in the basement.
  2. The act of using a sauna. · John had a sauna after his swim.· Joanne went for a sauna after her swim.
  3. In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse or massage parlour.
  4. A very hot place or room. (figuratively, informal)

Plural saunas

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Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.