Caldarium

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  • n. In Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and frigidarium.
  • n. In modern spas, a room with a hot floor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The Roman name for a stove or heating apparatus.
  • n. A room in the Roman thermæ, or public baths, in which water was heated to the highest temperature. See bath, 5.
  • Word Usage
    "The Roman-style baths include an apodypterium , or changing room; a tepidarium , or warm room; and a caldarium , or hot room, along with a domed chamber for housing firewood."