tepidarium

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tepidarium

/ˌtɛpɪˈdɛəɹi.əm/ UK
/ˌtɛpɪˈdɛɹi.əm/ US

Rhymes with -ɛəɹiəm

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Borrowed from Latin tepidārium.

noun tepidariums · tepidaria

historical A warm room in a Roman baths that was usually heated by a hypocaust.
historical A boiler in which the water was heated.
Any room containing a warm bath.
A warm greenhouse typically used for plants from South Africa. There is a pretty large glass-house, one-half being a caldarium, the other a tepidarium

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@misc{tepidarium_2026,
  title = {tepidarium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tepidarium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}