What is "steam bath"

n. 1 A room or building filled with steam, in which people sit and sweat. 2 The act of bathing by exposure to steam.

1. n. a room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe; `vapour bath' is a British term [syn: steam room, vapor bath, vapour bath]

2. you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower [syn: Turkish bath, vapor bath, vapour bath]