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bath¹ Definition

bath (bat̸h, bät̸h)

noun pl. bathsbat̸hz, bät̸hz; bat̸hs, bät̸hs

  1. a washing or dipping of a thing, esp. the body, in water or other liquid, steam, etc.
  2. water or other liquid for bathing, or for dipping, cleaning, soaking, regulating temperature, etc.
  3. a container for such liquid
  4. a bathtub
  5. a bathroom
    1. a building or set of rooms for bathing
    2. in ancient Greece and Rome, a building used for public bathing, relaxation, etc. and as a social center
  7. a resort where bathing is part of the medical treatment; spa
  8. the condition of being covered with a liquid
  9. Chem.
    1. a material that acts as a medium for regulating the temperature of things put in or on it
    2. the container for this
  10. Metallurgy molten metal in a furnace
  11. Photog. a solution used in developing, fixing, etc.

Etymology: ME < OE bæth < IE base *bhe-, to warm > bake

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Brit. bathe

bath¹ Idioms

take a bath

Slang to suffer a heavy financial loss

bath² Definition

bath (bat̸h)

noun

an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measure, variously estimated as equaling from 6 to 10 gal

Etymology: Heb bat

Bath Definition

Bath (bat̸h, bät̸h)

city in SW England: health resort known for its hot springs: county district pop. 84,000

bath Synonyms

bath

n.

  1. The act of cleansing the body

    bathing, washing, laving, sponge bath, shower, tub bath, steam bath, sauna, sauna bath, Turkish bath, Russian bath, sitz bath, whirlpool bath, soak, dip, soaking, rinsing, shampoo, immersion, ablutions.

  2. A liquid prepared for immersion

    wash, douche, spray, suds, shampoo, eyewash, rinse, tub, bath water.

  3. An enclosure prepared for bathing

    bathroom, bathtub, tub, shower, washroom, powder room, lavatory, bidet, steam room, Turkish bath, sauna, public baths, bathhouse, pumproom, sweat lodge, shower room, shower stall, sitz bath, hot tub, whirlpool bath, Jacuzzi (trademark), baths, spa, thermae, mikvah (Judaism).

bath Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • panel: Suite comprising tiled walls surrounding modern paneled bath with shower over.

Adjective modifier

  • Turkish: The new 250 square meter Turkish bath is a lovely area in which to relax.
  • roll-top: The downstairs bathroom contains WC, wash basin and a feature roll-top bath.
  • sunken: The first floor bedroom has a vaulted ceiling and en-suite bathroom with sunken bath, turquoise resin wall tiles and contemporary glass wash basin.
  • hot: Some find a hot bath helps; others prefer doing exercises.
  • relaxing: It can be as simple as helping with patients mouth care, combing their hair, or helping with a relaxing bed bath.
  • roman: To relax there's the solarium and a roman bath.

Modifies a noun

  • tub: For example, the bath tub is sure to be lots of fun.
  • towel: Bath towels can be supplied for an extra charge of £ 3 per person, per week.
  • mat: All bed linen, kitchen cloths & bath mat ( not personal towels ).
  • spa: Anyone who was up there would have witnessed the biggest 7's bath spa as held yet with 24 teams and two competitions.

Noun used with modifier

  • whirlpool: However, the jets of water in a whirlpool bath are at much higher pressure.
  • spa: Best room: number seven, for its double spa bath.
  • jacuzzi: To the first floor there are four bedrooms and two bathrooms the main bathroom having a jacuzzi corner bath.
  • bubble: About one evening a week, she will also draw a bath, laced with bath oils or bubble bath.
  • en-suite: Tourist Board 4 star rated hotels Accommodation offering superior comfort and quality; all bedrooms with en-suite bath, fitted overhead shower and WC.
  • mud: This mud bath is in fact a cleaning process which can be used to cool them down.

Preposition: in

  • sunshine: Not all arrivals of VC10s were bathed in sunshine; storms were quite frequent.

Preposition: with

  • mixer: Low level w.c. , pedestal hand wash basin and a bath with a mixer tap having a shower fitment.
  • over-bath: In each cottage, a bath with over-bath electric shower is provided.
bath Quotes

Praise the sports of the land And water, each oneö The bath by the beach, or the yacht on the seaö But of all the sweet pleasures Known under the sun; A good game of Croquet's the sweetest to me.

—Reid,Thomas Mayne

Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean, once a week to avoid being a public menace.

—Wilson

How circumstantial reality is! Facts are like individual letters, with their spikes and loops and thorns, that make up words: eventually they hurt our eyes, and we long to take a bath, to rake the lawn, to look at the sea.

—Updike,John Hoyer

And the rose like a nymph to the bath addressed, Which unveiled the depth of her glowing breast, Till, fold after fold, to the fainting air The soul of her beautyand love lay bare.

—Shelley, Percy Bysshe

MissTwye was soaping her breasts in the bath When she heard behind her a meaning laugh And to her amazement she discovered A wicked man in the bathroom cupboard.

—Ewart, Gavin Buchanan

All my house, But now, steamed like a bath with her thick breath. A lawyer could not have been heard; nor scarce Another woman, such a hail of words She has let fall.

—Jonson, Ben

I test my bath before I sit, And I'm always moved to wonderment That what chills the finger not a bit Is so frigid upon the fundament.

—Nash, (Frederic) Ogden

Tching prayed on the mountain and wroteon his bath tub. Day by day make it new cut underbrush, pile the logs keep it growing.

—Pound, Ezra Loomis

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