Definitions for thermae

thermae ther·mae

Spelling: [thur-mee]
IPA: /ˈθɜr mi/

Thermae is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 198 anagrams from letters in thermae (aeehmrt).

Definitions for thermae

noun

  1. hot springs; hot baths.
  2. a public bathing establishment of the ancient Greeks or Romans.

Origin of thermae

1590-1600; Latin Greek thérmai; noun use of plural of thérmē heat; see thermo-

Examples for thermae

The public baths and thermae were under the more immediate superintendence of the aediles.

It leaves on the right the great thermae of Constantine, of which the Austrians have cleared out the south-east part.

Within the town are remains of thermae on the north of the Via Appia and of a theatre opposite, on the south.

Where would be the beauty of our thermae, if those softest waters were not supplied to them?

A more definite idea of the thermae can be best got by an examination of the accompanying plan of the baths of Caracalla (fig. 5).

Equally remarkable was the Roman system for supplying their city, their thermae, and their 1350 street fountains with pure water.

In the largest of the thermae there was a stadium for the games of the young men, with raised seats for the spectators.

The arrangements of the thermae were mainly those of the balneae on a larger scale.

Ruins of the thermae of Caracalla and of Titus are still standing.

In the great Roman thermae (baths) they were of large size, and like apses were covered with a hemispherical vault.

Word Value for thermae
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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