hammam

noun

ham·​mam hə-ˈmäm How to pronounce hammam (audio)

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Plan to spend hours in the hammams, traditional bath houses with a luxury spin—unwinding in steam rooms, indulging in massages, and applying black soap with neroli and eucalyptus followed by a scrub. Jessica Vadillo, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2025 What the yacht does have is Napoleon’s piano, an epic night lounge, a showy dining area, a beach club with a gym and hammam, and one of the largest private collections of art on any yacht. Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025 Dining, Cocktails, Hammam Elsewhere in the hotel, the wellness area has elegance in sync with the rest of the hotel: an Art Deco Hammam and Spa designed in sharp black and white marble mosaics and featuring a warmed, marble hammam table, sauna, steam room and four treatment rooms. Laurie Werner, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 And the hammam, the steam room, is this place where there’s humidity. Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hammam

Word History

Etymology

Turkish, Persian & Arabic; Turkish hamam bath, from Persian hammām, from Arabic ḥammām

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hammam was in 1625

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“Hammam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hammam. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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