Sauna

[Dave Paprocki]

A small room used as a hot-air or steam bath for cleaning and refreshing the body.

[Jason Yan]

A Finnish word for a warm room (temperatures around 80-140°C) used for cleansing and relaxation even more importantly. A sauna is equipped with wooden seating (in Finnish lauteet) and a casing holding an amount of stones heated by electricity or by [burning wood] ([kiuas]). Water is thrown on these [hot rocks] to create steam which makes you sweat thus making the dirt on your skin loosen. Traditionally going to sauna is accompanied by couple of beers and swimming in lake (summertime) or rolling in snow (wintertime). For Finns sauna is almost a holy place and great care has to be taken to behave in a corresponding manner (no farting, no yelling :).

[Renato]

Also an [Estonian] word for a warm room (temperatures around 80-140°C) used for cleansing and relaxation even more importantly. Pronounced sow-na not saw-na. Can also be accompanies by the drinking of beer, or even better, vodka (From a bottle that has been kept in a freezer... goes down like water!)! For the more daring, in early winter can be accompanied by a jump in the lake, as long as the ice isnt too thick. For the REALLY daring, cut a hole in the ice (not [too deep] out) and jump in. For those bordering on INSANE, you can cut two holes in the ice a distance apart, run a rope between them (in the water) and pull yourself between the two holes. Not recommended for those who are drunk.
[Sauna] is extremely important to [Finns] and Estonians. If either has not been in a [sauna] for more than a week, this is cause to see a psychiatrist.
Another traditional aspect to the sauna is the vihta. This essentially is a bunch of small [birch] [twigs] (with many leaves) [bundled] together. This bundle is dipped in cold water, then warmed on the sauna stove to [soften] the leaves. The vihta is that lightly slapped onto the body. Very good for the circulation. Other materials have been used for vihtas when birch is not available. Some the author has seen/heard of are [oak] leaves and [cedar]. [Oak] leaves are much more [resilient] that birch, but to not create as nice a smell in the sauna.

[Ernesto]

The only place where [Finns] are okay with high [temperature] and [nudity], also the only place where you can see Finns be very close to each others.

[Gregory]

A room filled with hot [steam] where you can find [hot girls] and hairy, sweaty, [Greek men].

[Tina]

A place where people (usually [two dudes]) have sex. This usually happens after meeting at [a bar] or other [establishment].

[Dave Paprocki]

When your [smoking] marijuana in a [vehicle] it becomes like a [steam box]

[Dave Paprocki]

Pretty much what [Swedes] and [Finns] and some [Knucks] do to keep themselve warm and to make out!!!

[Sonia]

When two people decide they want to [turn up] [the heat] in bed. This will get very hot and [steamy].

[Raeanne Dimick]

(a period of time spent in) a room or small building, often with wood attached to the walls, that is heated to a high temperature, usually with steam: