If you have a sauna, you sit or lie in a room that is so hot that it makes you sweat. People have saunas in order to relax and to clean their skin thoroughly.
2. countable noun
A sauna is a room or building where you can have a sauna.
sauna in British English
(ˈsɔːnə)
noun
1.
an invigorating bath originating in Finland in which the bather is subjected to hot steam, usually followed by a cold plunge or by being lightly beaten with birch twigs
2.
the place in which such a bath is taken
Word origin
C20: from Finnish
sauna in American English
(ˈsɔnə; ˈsɑnə)
noun
1.
a bath that originated in Finland, in which exposure to very hot, relatively dry air produced by small amounts of water applied to heated stones is followed usually by light beating of the skin with birch boughs or a brief plunge into cold water
2.
the enclosure for such a bath
Word origin
Finn
Examples of 'sauna' in a sentence
sauna
Most hotels have saunas to help you relax after all that exercise.
The Sun (2016)
The public sauna baths we used almost daily to lose unwanted pounds were pretty basic.
Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)
The sauna is the place for that.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There is a sun terrace with a hot tub and sauna on the roof.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Steam rooms and saunas might also work.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The property has an indoor pool and sauna.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Cut down on hot baths and saunas.
Westcott, Patsy Alternative Health Care for Women (1991)
The tented rooms are introducing extras such as saunas and hot tubs.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The hotel also has a spa with a big indoor pool and sauna.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The centre of the sauna was so hot you could only last a minute there at a time.
Frankie Dettori with Jonathan Powell FRANKIE: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (2004)
There are saunas and steam rooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The infinity pool, sauna and gym offer a further outlet for guests to wind down.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The health club offers a gym, massage and sauna.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The spa has a fantastic vitality pool with massaging jets, sauna and steam room.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Or just unwind in the hotel 's three saunas and steam room.
The Sun (2008)
It has a sauna, a hot tub and a garage.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The Finns jump stark naked from steaming sauna to freezing lakes.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It has a great spa complete with sauna, steam room and indoor and outdoor pools.