sweatbath
nounUK /ˈswet.bɑːθ/
US /ˈswet.bæθ/
A small hot room where people sit and sweat to clean their bodies.
The family built a small sweatbath behind their house.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A ceremony in some Native American cultures where people gather in a heated lodge for cleansing and prayer.
The elders prepared the sweatbath as part of the ceremony.
3. A place or event that is extremely hot and steamy.
After the long hike, the tent felt like a sweatbath.
4. The act of bathing in steam or hot air to cause sweating.
He took a sweatbath to relax his sore muscles.