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• Division Street Russian and Turkish Baths — Division Bath, Chicago. Original men s entrance at left, women s at right. Division Street Russian and Turkish Baths is a traditional Russian style bathhouse at 1914 W. Division Street in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, which… …   Wikipedia

• Turkish bath — Turkish baths 1) N COUNT A Turkish bath is a type of bath in which you sit in a very hot steamy room, then wash, have a massage, and finally swim or shower in very cold water. 2) N COUNT A Turkish bath a place where you can have a Turkish bath …   English dictionary

• Turkish bath — The Turkish bath ( tr. hamam; from ar. حمّام, ArabDIN|ḥammām ) is the Middle Eastern variant of a steam bath, which can be categorized as a wet relative of the sauna. They have played an important role in cultures of the Middle East, serving as… …   Wikipedia

• Turkish bath — a bath in which the bather, after copious perspiration in a steam room, showers and has a rubdown. [1635 45] * * * Bath originating in the Middle East, combining exposure to warm air, steam immersion, massage, and a cold bath or shower. The… …   Universalium

• Turkish bath — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms Turkish bath : singular Turkish bath plural Turkish baths a type of bath in which you sit in a very hot room, then wash yourself and have a massage …   English dictionary

• Turkish bath — Bath Bath (b[.a]th; 61), n.; pl. {Baths} (b[.a][th]z). [AS. b[ae][eth]; akin to OS. & Icel. ba[eth], Sw., Dan., D., & G. bad, and perh. to G. b[ a]hen to foment.] 1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Turkish folklore — Nasreddin Hoca The tradition of folklore folktales, jokes, legends, and the like in the Turkish language is very rich, and is incorporated into everyday life and events. Contents 1 Turkish folklore …   Wikipedia

• Baths — Bath Bath (b[.a]th; 61), n.; pl. {Baths} (b[.a][th]z). [AS. b[ae][eth]; akin to OS. & Icel. ba[eth], Sw., Dan., D., & G. bad, and perh. to G. b[ a]hen to foment.] 1. The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Turkish bath — noun 1. a steam room where facilities are available for a bath followed by a shower and massage • Hypernyms: ↑steam bath, ↑steam room, ↑vapor bath, ↑vapour bath 2. you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower • Syn: ↑steam… …   Useful english dictionary

• Birmingham Baths Committee — Plaque on Sparkhill Baths, showing membership of the Committee as at July 1931. The Birmingham Baths Committee was a Birmingham City Council run organisation responsible for the provision and maintenance of public swimming and bathing facilities… …   Wikipedia

• Ironmonger Row Baths — were built as a public wash house and later upgraded to a Turkish Bath. They are located at 1 11 Ironmonger Row, in the district of St Luke s, near Old Street, Islington, London. The baths were designed by architects AWS KMB Cross, and built in… …   Wikipedia