Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. An indoor swimming pool.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. A swimming pool, especially an indoor one.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. A swimming bath.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A swimming-school; a place for swimming.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. pool that provides a facility for swimming
Etymologies
Examples
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Third, the municipal indoor pool, called a natatorium, had been closed during my junior high and high school years.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Multi-Millon-Dollar Iraqi Sports Complex on Target for 2013 Opening
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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."
La Villa Contenta In Malibu: 'Funny People' House On The Market
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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.
Joe Mirabella: Thousands Demand Ohio Gym Stop Discriminating Against Gay and Lesbian Families
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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."
PHOTOS: 'Funny People' House For Rent; For A Not So Funny Price
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There's also a guest house, carriage house, a boat house and a natatorium.
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The natatorium includes an Italian glass-tile pool and a kitchen.
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Their voices mixed with the echoes of the crowd in the natatorium.
seanahan commented on the word natatorium
Fancy word for swimming pool. The definition says, "particularly indoors".
I hate words which unnecessarily Latin.
July 9, 2007