Caldarium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kælˈdɛəɹi.əm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Caldarium is a noun meaning In modern spas, a room with a hot floor.
Meaning
In modern spas, a room with a hot floor.
More Meanings
- (botany) An intermediate or warm greenhouse.
- (historical) In Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and frigidarium.
Example Sentences
There is a pretty large glass-house, one-half being a caldarium, the other a tepidarium
Word Forms
- caldariums
- caldaria
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include frigidarium, tepidarium, laconicum, thermae, thermopolium, sphaeristerium.
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