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earth bathing

earth bathing is the alternative form of earth-bathing.

Meaning of earth-bathing

Noun

earth-bathing (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The practice of partially or wholly burying the human body in fresh earth (soil) as a form of health therapy, promoted in the 1790s by Scottish physician James Graham, who claimed that the moisture and coolness of soil could draw out morbid humours and restore bodily vigor.

Noun capitalized: Earth Bathing

Earth Bathing (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of earth-bathing.

Questions about earth bathing

What is earth bathing the alternative form of?
Earth bathing is the alternative form of earth-bathing.
What part of speech is earth bathing?
Earth bathing is a noun.

Words near earth bathing in the dictionary

  1. earth apples
  2. earth art
  3. earth ball
  4. earth balls
  5. earth bath
  6. earth bathing
  7. earth baths
  8. earth chestnut
  9. earth chestnuts
  10. earth closet
  11. earth closets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: earth bathing (page history and authors); Earth Bathing (page history and authors); earth-bathing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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