Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An indoor swimming pool.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A swimming-school; a place for swimming.
Wiktionary
- n. US A swimming pool, especially an indoor one.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A swimming bath.
WordNet 3.0
- n. pool that provides a facility for swimming
Etymologies
- From Late Latin natatorium, noun use of the neuter singular of Latin natatorius ‘natatory, for swimming’. (Wiktionary)
- Late Latin natātōrium, place for swimming, from neuter of Latin natātōrius, of swimming, from natātus, act of swimming, from past participle of natāre, frequentative of nāre, to swim; see natatorial. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Third, the municipal indoor pool, called a natatorium, had been closed during my junior high and high school years.”
“The natatorium is a big part of Waikiki's great history, and putting it to such a worthwhile use would be a fine way of respecting those fallen soldiers whom it is meant to honor, providing a superb historic document and promoting Hawaiian music and dance, and Hawaii itself, all in one beautiful package.”
“Ira Montgomery An amenity-filled home on Dallas's Turtle Creek In Dallas, Braden Power, a developer of apartment complexes, spent more than seven years designing and building his dream house: an 8,500-square-foot showpiece with contemporary, traditional and Moorish influences that opens to a central "natatorium," a double-height entrance courtyard with marble floors, two fireplaces, a mezzanine balcony and a central fountain and reflecting pool deep enough to swim in.”
“In addition to the sports stadiums, there will be training facilities for Iraqi athletes - including a full natatorium, a velodrome, and three smaller arenas for gymnastics, fencing and other indoor sports.”
Voice of America: Multi-Millon-Dollar Iraqi Sports Complex on Target for 2013 Opening
“Realestalker notes that the Weintraubs seem to have built "their own version of Hearst Castle on the bluffs of the Bu," complete with a pool house similar in opulence to the Hearst Castle's natatorium: "a palatial Greek Revival style natatorium/pool house with marble pilasters, walls encrusted with more than 500,000 seashells, six glittery crystal chandeliers, and a glass ceiling.”
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“When the couple asked the gym for the discounted family rate, they were told that the natatorium did not recognize their family because they were a gay couple.”
“If you aren't yet sold, the renter also gets a "natatorium that has a pool, glass ceilings and walls lined with more than 500,000 seashells.”
The Huffington Post: PHOTOS: 'Funny People' House For Rent; For A Not So Funny Price
“There's also a guest house, carriage house, a boat house and a natatorium.”
“The natatorium includes an Italian glass-tile pool and a kitchen.”
“Their voices mixed with the echoes of the crowd in the natatorium.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘natatorium’.
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phrontistery - n
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gross.
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List Erine
cool mint antiseptic
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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
More in...abacinate, abcedarian, abderian, ablegate, abligurition, ablutophobia, abnormous, acarophobia, acathasia, accipitrine, accidia, accubitus and 2690 more...
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lotic words of flow
fast flowing, rapid, confluent words
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rememberers
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My Lovelies
mafficking, myrmidon, magniloquent, senescence, seraglio, anodyne, sundry, portmanteau, dearth, scion, frangible, noetic and 34 more...
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Swimmingly
Swimming words from the Latin 'natare,' to swim.
natation, natatorial, natatile, natatores, natatorium, natatory, enatation, natant, supernatant, supernate, natantes, counter-naiant and 2 more...
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ium, ium
Some words that end in. . .you guessed it.
planetarium, aquarium, solarium, terrarium, medium, tedium, praesidium, librium, lithium, premium, titanium, geranium and 27 more...
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seanahan Fancy word for swimming pool. The definition says, "particularly indoors".
I hate words which unnecessarily Latin. Jul 9, 2007