sandbath

Noun

sand bath (plural sand baths)

1. A piece of laboratory equipment consisting of a container filled with heated sand, that is used to provide an even source of heat.
2. A bath in which the body is immersed in hot sand.
3. The rolling of birds in sand, by which they dust themselves over to cleanse the skin and feathers; the act of pulverizing.

   Synonyms:

   saburration