sauna
/ˈsɔː.nə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
Example Sentences
- "The hotel has a sauna in the basement."
- "Of course, it will never get -100 here like it does in Antarctica, but a 300-degree swing was still theoretically possible on a record-cold Minnesota morning–if we got the sauna hot enough."
- "As health-conscious Americans have jumped headfirst into saunas, some Europeans have at times also found themselves a little baffled by their fellow steam lovers’ behavior, worried a millennia-old tradition is being warped by American wellness culture."
- "John had a sauna after his swim."
- "Joanne went for a sauna after her swim."
- "One of my favorite saunas was just one go and thirteen minutes long, including clean up time."