Bath Definition

băth, bäth

bathing, baths

noun

baths

The act of soaking or cleansing the body, as in water or steam.

American Heritage

A washing or dipping of a thing, esp. the body, in water or other liquid, steam, etc.

Webster's New World

The water used for cleansing the body.

I'm going to run a bath.

American Heritage

Water or other liquid for bathing, or for dipping, cleaning, soaking, regulating temperature, etc.

Webster's New World

A container for such liquid.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
mikvah (Judaism)
Jacuzzi (trademark)
whirlpool bath
hot-tub
shower stall
shower-room
public baths
turkish-bath
steam-room
sitz-bath
sauna
lavatory
shower
tub
bathroom

verb

bathing, baths

Bathe.

Webster's New World

To wash a person or animal in a bath.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

pronoun

A city in Somerset, England, famous for its baths fed by a hot spring.

Wiktionary

A village in Illinois.

Wiktionary

An unincorporated town in Indiana.

Wiktionary

A town and mineral spring in Jamaica.

Wiktionary

A city in Maine.

Wiktionary

idiom

take a bath

to suffer a heavy financial loss

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Bath

Noun

Singular:

bath

Plural:

baths

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bath

take a bath

Origin of Bath

From Middle English, from Old English bæþ (“bath”), from Proto-Germanic *baþą (“bath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhe- (“to warm”). Cognate with Dutch bad (“bath”), German Bad (“bath”), Danish bad (“bath”), Icelandic bað (“bath”), German bähen (“to foment”). More at beath.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English bæth

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Hebrew בַּת (bath).

From Wiktionary
Transliteration of Arabic

From Wiktionary
Hebrew bat

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition