natatoriums

Meaning

1. 1nounpluralAmerican

   Plural of natatorium: buildings, or rooms inside buildings, that contain a swimming pool.

   Grammar: Plural form; the singular is natatorium.

   Patterns

   • the natatoriums of somewhere
   • indoor natatoriums

   Several college natatoriums were closed for repairs last winter.

   The city's two natatoriums host swim meets every weekend.

   Older natatoriums often have tall windows to let in light.

Word forms

Common combinations

indoor natatoriums

Indoor natatoriums let swimmers train all year.

college natatoriums

Many college natatoriums seat hundreds of spectators.

public natatoriums

Public natatoriums offer lessons for children.

build natatoriums

The county plans to build two new natatoriums.

Olympic-size natatoriums

Few towns can afford Olympic-size natatoriums.

Synonyms and how they differ

swimming pools

Swimming pools is the ordinary term and can mean outdoor ones too, while natatoriums specifically means a building housing a pool.

aquatic centers

Aquatic centers suggests a larger complex with extra facilities such as diving and slides.

swimming baths

Swimming baths is an older British phrase for public pools and is rare in American English.

Word family

natatorium noun

singular form: one indoor swimming pool building

natatoria noun

the Latinate plural

natation noun

a formal word for swimming

natatory adjective

relating to swimming

Commonly confused: natatoriums or sanatoriums?

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