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jjimjilbang

jjimjilbang noun: a type of Korean traditional bathhouse, typically having hot tubs, showers, saunas, and massage tables.

Noun

jjimjilbang (plural jjimjilbang or jjimjilbangs)

  1. A type of Korean traditional bathhouse, typically having hot tubs, showers, saunas, and massage tables.
    • Fans of jjimjilbangs will find a brand-new one five-minutes' walk north of the bus terminal, on the same main road.2008, Norbert Paxton, The Rough Guide to Korea, New York, N.Y.; London; Delhi: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 275
    • One morning in Daejeon, an unremarkable-looking city in the center of the country, I ducked into a drab office building housing a jimjilbang that seemed like a hidden water world.2014 February 7, Jodi Kantor, “A Look at Korea’s Culture From the Bathhouse”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2014, Travel

Examples of jjimjilbang in a sentence

  • Jjimjilbangs have been transplanted to the United States as the Korean-American population has grown in recent decades.2017 January 2, Richard Morgan, “A Korean Spa Offers Saunas, Bibimbap and a Taste of Home in New Jersey”, in The New York Times, New York...
  • Within 48 hours of moving to Los Angeles 20-some-odd years ago, I'd already had six people talk my ear off about the city's plethora of jjimjilbang — more commonly known as Korean spas.2018 February 12, Alison Freer, “These Korean Spa Mitts Scrub Me to Baby Softness”, in The Strategist, New York, N.Y.: New York Media...

Forms of jjimjilbang

pluraljjimjilbang
pluraljjimjilbangs

Origin of jjimjilbang

Borrowed from Korean 찜질방 (jjimjilbang), from 찜질 (jjimjil, “stupe, poultice, heating”) + 방(房) (bang, “room”).

Questions about jjimjilbang

What does jjimjilbang mean?
Jjimjilbang means a type of Korean traditional bathhouse, typically having hot tubs, showers, saunas, and massage tables.
How do you use jjimjilbang in a sentence?
Jjimjilbangs have been transplanted to the United States as the Korean-American population has grown in recent decades.
What part of speech is jjimjilbang?
Jjimjilbang is a noun.
What is the plural of jjimjilbang?
The plural of jjimjilbang is jjimjilbang.

Words near jjimjilbang in the dictionary

  1. jjamppong
  2. jjapaguri
  3. JJBA
  4. jjigae
  5. jjim
  6. jjimjilbang
  7. jjimjilbangs
  8. jjinppang
  9. JJJ
  10. JJK
  11. JJs

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