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BATH HOUSE

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A building equipped with facilities for bathing.

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Related Terms

Term Note
BATHS A building containing a swimming pool and other structures and facilities associated with recreational swimming. In the case of such a complex containing baths for swimming, also index with SWIMMING POOL.
HYPOCAUST An under-floor heating system found in Roman buildings. Hot air from a furnace was directed along passages beneath the floor created by raising it on vertical pillars, or by cutting channels into a concrete sub-floor.
WASH HOUSE A building where clothes are washed.

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